Dave Barry's Year in Review

From miamiherald.com:

"It was a year that strode boldly into the stall of human events and took a wide stance astride the porcelain bowl of history.

"It was a year in which roughly 17,000 leading presidential contenders, plus of course Dennis Kucinich, held roughly 63,000 debates, during which they spewed out roughly 153 trillion words; and yet the only truly memorable phrase emitted in any political context was 'Don't tase me, bro!'''