HEH: “The airlines, not exactly flush with capital at the moment, can’t be happy. At least the VPOTUS can take comfort in the fact that this will quickly be forgotten, as compared to, say, if Dan Quayle had made the same statement under the same conditions.”

Plus this: “Joseph Biden is frankly a comic character and we are lucky to have him. Things are just too grim these days – what with the putative swine flu catastrophe, the economic decline and Islamopsychos on the rise in Iraq again. We need a little Biden in our life.”

Also, “Tapper to Gibbs: Can you clarify Biden’s moronic comment about subways?” “This makes twice now in four days that Team Barry has panicked New York City while providing rich fodder for gallows humor. What do they have planned for the weekend?” Something . . . wonderful!