A lobbyist, on his way home from work in Washington, D.C., came to a dead halt in traffic and thought to himself, Wow, this seems worse than usual.

He noticed a police officer walking between the lines of stopped cars, so he rolled down his window and asked, Officer, whats the hold-up?

The officer replied, The President is depressed, so he stopped his motorcade and is threatening to douse himself with gasoline and set himself on fire. He says no one believes his stories about why we went to war in Iraq, or the connection between Saddam and al-Qaeda, or that his tax cuts will help anyone except his wealthy friends; the press called him on the lie about Iraq trying to buy uranium from Niger, and now Campbell Brown is threatening to sue him for a sexual innuendo he made at a recent press conference. So were taking up a collection for him.

The lobbyist asks, How much have you got so far?

The officer replies, About 14 gallons, but a lot of folks are still siphoning.