CNN described Britney's VMA's performance by saying she looked like "she was sloshing blindfolded through mud." TMZ put it more succinctly, featuring a post of Spears tottering unsteadily in her sparkly but ill-fitting bikini under the caption "Britney's Career: 1998-2007."

And, not surprisingly, the opinionated tv pundits had a few post-performance thoughts of their own. This week, as always, it fell on poor Intern Wendy's shoulders to sort through all the muck, though was on hand to sort through the muck. Her findings, after the jump.

• "I guess the best thing we can say is that she wasn’t chewing gum.” Courtney Hazlett, attributing way too much power to a teeny tiny stick of Juicy Fruit, Morning Joe, September 10

• “It is what my friends in the Redneck Riviera call … a runaway beer truck.” Joe Scarborough, offering up the Southern colloquialism for "train wreck," Morning Joe, September 10

• “Well…she was wearing pants.” Keith Olbermann, grateful for small favors, Countdown, September 10

• “You know what she looked like? You know what she looked like? Me, without my shirt.” Glenn Beck, hurling the most vicious insult possible at an already downtrodden Britney Spears, Glenn Beck, September 10