We’ve been watching the conventions. We won’t be talking about that here. But Ben and I were CRYING laughing last night during the extended balloon release, as poor Andrea Mitchell tried solemnly to report while being buried under 8 trillion “Republican Balloons,” as Tom Brokaw called them. Brokaw slayed us, all “I’ve seen Andrea “Boom Boom” Mitchell report through sniper fire! She will not be stopped by balloons!”

Thank god for video clips. Unless someone can tell me why WordPress doesn’t accept the “embed code” from MSNBC, you can check it out here (sorry about the ad; it is worth it though). Sadly I don’t think the clip includes the section where they added one of those news tickers at the bottom saying “Andrea Mitchell under attack by balloons.”

(Screenshot from the video)