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Jake Tapper calls out BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg for misspeaking...
POTUS is "frustrated because he cares about the small people, and we care about the small people," says BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg
...leading to hilarity from twitter writers like Mike Memoli:
Since I'm a short American, I assume Svanberg was talking to me
Meanwhile, Duncan Black does his best Kanye impression:
barack obama doesn't care about tall people
Delrayser reminds us of everyone's favorite email scam:
Weird. BP just emailed me that there's $20 billion in escrow that I can have, if I just loan some Nigerian prince ten thou.
Usually the impeccable digital jokester, Dave Weigel appears to be feeling unoriginal today:
Impossible to make "if Chris Christie was president, he'd plug this oil leak" comment without accidentally turning it into fat joke.
Matt Yglesias toes the line of appropriate Twitter humor (is there such a line?)...
Uruguay is my least favorite of the "guays" -- just saying.
...while Brian Beutler has his back:
huomophobe! RT @mattyglesias: Uruguay is my least favorite of the "guays" -- just saying.
Corbin Hiar anticipates a new conservative talking point:
Erick Erickson revisits a tried and true excuse for men:
So I think this is the first time I've ever been mentioned in Playboy. I can legitimately tell my wife I'm buying it for the articles.
Delrayser bids farewell to a much loved (or much loathed) new tradition:
RIP, Bros Icing Bros. http://brosicingbros.com/ (h/t @Awl)
Dear David Corn - please proofread your tweets:
Have Obama and the Feds Gone Soft on Porn? http://bit.ly/bAG9V9
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