And by that, of course I mean he’s an idiot. (Shakes here, as if the contemptuous sarcasm hadn’t already made it obvious.)

Thanks to The Green Knight, we find this little gem at Crooks & Liars (who also, naturally, have the video):

President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale.

Good Sir Knight submits we write our own jokes, but it won’t be a laughing matter when the punditocracy reveals the long-hidden truth: Al Gore created the internets in 1775.

(Crossposted at AlterNet PEEK.)

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.