Comedy writer Jake Novak: “President Bush used his State of the Union address to urge Americans to reject isolationism, which makes a lot of sense since soon we’ll all be working for the Chinese.”
Jay Leno, “The Tonight Show”: “President Bush talked about the need to work hard on the economy, to work hard on health care, and to fight nonstop against terrorism. Then he left to go on a long weekend at his ranch to watch the Super Bowl.”
Comedy writer Jim Barach: “Super Bowl viewers will eat an estimated 3,000 calories on game day. Or as most Americans call it, ‘Sunday.’”
Michael Feldman, public radio’s “Whad’Ya Know?,” on the surprise Hamas party victory in the Palestinian election: “The Hamas landslide was attributed to Tom DeLay redrawing Palestine’s congressional districts.”
Comedy writer Robert Emproto on the “A Million Little Pieces” controversy: “During an on-air confrontation with Oprah Winfrey, author James Frey admitted that he fabricated details of characters, exaggerated past brushes with the law, and that there were, in fact, only 999,973 little pieces.”
Conan O’Brien, “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” on the Oscar nominations: “‘Brokeback Mountain’ received eight nominations, Phillip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for his portrayal of Truman Capote, and Felicity Huffman was nominated for playing a transsexual. Despite all that, this is expected to be only the seventh gayest Oscars of all time.”