Thanks Tony, I Needed A Good Laugh

In case you didn't get your daily chuckle yet, here's a fun quote from Tony the Snow-job's press "gaggle" aboard Air Force One today. Oh, and yes, the President is spending more taxpayer dollars on PR junkets to placate the American people. But I digress. Here's your chuckle:

Q Do you think that he sees his audience more as Congress or the public? I mean, does he want to sort of influence Congress and sort of influence their thinking? Or influence the public, so that they will go back to their members and tell them what they would like for them to do?

MR. SNOW: I think it's both. Every time the President of the United States speaks, obviously people are going to listen. And it's a message to everybody -- absolutely to members of Congress, but absolutely to the public, as well.

Okay, how about two chuckles. Found another dodge worthy of the press secretary hall of flame:

Q One other thing, Tony. Yesterday there was some -- Bernanke made some comments about inflation. Does the President share his concerns about inflation?

MR. SNOW: The President knows that Ben Bernanke is head of an independent agency and has his independence and the President does not wish to question his independence and, therefore, I will have nothing to say on the topic.

Q That was a clean dodge. (Laughter.)

More likley, the real meaning of this answer was that if there is inflation, it can't be good for the President.