Speakeasy

Published October 17, 2007 4:00am ET



They ought to call this the suicide channel.”

– Comedian Lewis Black, entertaining the crowd Tuesday night at the launch party for XM Satellite

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“One of the great things about running for president is you get to see the back rooms and kitchens of a lot of hotels.”

Fred Thompson, addressing the Club for Growth at the Grand Hyatt on Wednesday

“When a cell phone goes off, you hear an annoying sound, I hear cha-ching, cha-ching. I’m unemployed right now — let’s all call each other.”

– Virginia Senate candidate and Nextel founder Mark Warner, speaking at the Q&A Cafe at Nathans of Georgetown on Wednesday

Warner, with Q&A Cafe host Carol Joynt.