Increasingly, my philosophy is that the primary purpose of politics…

…is to give us something to laugh about. Case in point, the un-make-up-able quote from somebody who is actually sought out by national television news for her opinion:

Some will hear that last line and shake their head in despair, just as they might when they hear Joe Biden, immersed in the sense of history for which Generation Narcissus is rightly and deservedly famous, inform us that Obama has faced tougher decisions than FDR, or peek between their fingers as an embarrassing press flack has to try to defend with a straight face Biden’s claim that the Generation Narcissus Messiah is the most audaciously brilliant man in 500 years:

You see? The White House press corps has the right idea: laugh that this man is a heartbeat away from the Presidency:

In a nation where it is increasingly our Ruling Class vs. the rest of us, I think laughter is an indispensible treasure.