“In politics it is generally not considered a good sign when voters are laughing at you, not with you. And by the end of the third and last presidential debate, the undecided voters who had gathered in Denver for Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg’s focus group were ‘audibly snickering’ at John McCain’s grimaces, eye-bulging, and repeated references to ‘Joe the Plumber.'”
– TIME Magazine’s Amy Sullivan
Update: Came upon this quote, which merits an honorable mention.
“Not since Nixon have we heard so much about plumbers, by the way.”
– CNN contributor Bill Bennett
Icepicks and Nukes 