When a joke works, it works. It can make a point in a really simple way; it can be a great little sound bite to put on television or share on social media. Humor has this incredible power in how we communicate about politics now, in part because there's something natural in the way it's communicated.
More Quotes by Jon Lovett
When I was a kid, all I knew about Michael Jackson was that he was crazy. He had a monkey named Bubbles and some kind of oxygen chamber, and he used to be black, but he made himself white, and he was nuts. That was Michael Jackson in full. Wacko Jacko.
When in doubt, mock the powerful, not the powerless.
I personally believe that Donald Trump being elected president is a national emergency and a crisis that stems from a great cascade of failures.
Washington is filled with people making other people's arguments for money.
Life tests our willingness, in ways large and small, to tell the truth.
Sometimes you're going to be inexperienced, naive, untested, and totally right. And then, in those moments, you have to make a choice: is this a time to speak up, or hang back?