Correspondent Wendy prove again that Cable TV is just a bunch of sound bites.

• “It‘s like the fall of Rome. There was a Visigoth here, a Vandal there, but no one added it up.” Tucker Carlson, putting American Idol’s ratings drop in historical perspective, Tucker, February 20

• “Obama represents to the Dems who all made the deal with the devil that sort of face-plunged into the ice cubes, hot shower, scrub their hands with the Joan Crawford thing to get all the skeevy off them that they had to put up with during all those Clinton years.” Dennis Miller, making the Faye Dunaway-Hillary Clinton connection, The O’Reilly Factor, February 20

• “If Clooney wins for 'Michael Clayton,' much like Brando sent the Indian chick, he’s sending you to pick up the award.” Dennis Miller, telling Bill O’Reilly the only way he’ll get on the Oscars, The O’Reilly Factor, February 20

• “I can see it by the Light Brite thing. They replaced some of the bulbs.” Jon Stewart, impressed by the upgrades to Larry King’s set, Larry King Live, February 20

• “Oh, does he have his flying pie chart?” Jon Stewart, jealous of Anderson Cooper’s cool graphics, Larry King Live, February 20

• “What am I an illegal immigrant? You tell me what to do and I do it? I have rights.” Jon Stewart, confusing Larry King with Lou Dobbs, Larry King Live, February 20

• “This happened. He pointed to his bicep and I was—he was talking to the woman next to him, not—anyway.” Anderson Cooper, convinced that Arnold Schwarzenegger is jealous of his “guns”, Anderson Cooper 360, February 20