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10. "A
day after declaring war on the moon, President Obama was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize." --Jimmy Kimmel
9. "Rush Limbaugh, who is trying to buy the St. Louis
Rams, has downplayed racial comments that he's made in the past by saying if he
was a racist, why would he want to be part of a business that is 70% African
American? Well, I don't know. Maybe because you would own them? Think that has
anything to do with it?" --Jay Leno
8. Well, the big
story out of Washington is this healthcare bill passed the Senate Finance
Committee by a vote of 14-9, I believe it was. The Bill cost over $800 billion.
And that's just what lobbyists had to give to members of Congress." --Jay
Leno
7. "Do you know
in Washington today, a Republican senator from Maine voted with the Democrats
on health care? That's the first time a Republican switched sides and was not
arrested in an airport bathroom." --Craig Ferguson
6. "And for the
first time in a year, the Dow closed above 10,000. You know what that means?
More AIG bonuses!" --Jay Leno
5. "In a
surprise decision, President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Friday. In
other premature awards this week: high school football player Billy Reynolds
has been named this year's Heisman Trophy winner; fifth grader Amber Collins
has been named Miss America; and nine-year-old Dylan Holt has been named
People's 'Sexiest Man Alive.'" --Seth Meyers
4. "And, of
course, the Republicans still can't believe that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. And the Democrats can't
believe that Sarah Palin wrote a book. So, it's even." --Jay Leno
3. "Yesterday,
Israel threatened to attack Iran if international sanctions are not placed by
Christmas, to which people in both nations said, 'Um, what's Christmas?'"
--Jimmy Fallon
2. "Obama said he will attend the ceremony in Oslo if
he's not too busy with the two wars he's conducting." --Bill Maher
1. "The White House admitted that they made a
mistake by not inviting women to play in President Obama's basketball game last
night. Although it would have made 'shirts vs. skins' a little awkward. "
--Jimmy Fallon
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