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At Thursday’s White House briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney zinged GOP runaway train Herman Cain and Congress (translation: Republicans) in one fell swoop. Referencing Congress’ all-time low 9% approval rating, Carney said, to laughs from the press corps,  ”I know nine is a popular number in the Republican Party, but this can’t possibly be the kind of nine that they want.  Nine, nine, nine…nine.”

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World Net Daily correspondent and conservative radio host Lester Kinsolving, with an assist from NBC’s Mike Viqueira, threw more hilariously loaded questions at Robert Gibbs from behind his signature shotgun mic. He touched on some subjects sure to tickle the sensibilities of the birther/global warming denier/dittohead set when he asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs why it was so cold out, did the President visit the hospital that Rush Limbaugh stayed in in Hawaii, and…just what hospital was the President born in?

“As so often’s the case in Washington, The debate comes down to a three-letter word ending in X…of course I’m talking about ‘tax!’” — Mike Viqueira on MSNBC this morning, discussing health care reform debates on the Hill