Friday Funnies

1. Jay Leno does the Veep thing: "“Well, it was leaked … John McCain could be leaning towards [Minnesota governor] Tim Pawlenty. I know what you're thinking – THE Tim Pawlenty? [Laughter] Apparently, McCain wants to lower his profile even more. [Laughter] I'm not even sure who Pawlenty was. And so I Googled him and it said, ‘Who?’ [Laughter, rim shot] … Pawlenty, doesn't it sound like a dish at the Olive Garden?” From Mike Allen's Playbook, which is required morning BlackBerry reading. (If only the oppo shops were so succinct.) 2. "And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. . .And lo, in Mesopotamia, a miracle occurred. Even though... [read full story]