Oh Lordy be. Whenever there’s a slow news cycle, we need only look to our friends in South Carolina for a little pick-me-up. Here’s a bit of hilarity from State Senator Kevin Bryant, who put up this post a few days ago. Judging from the URL and one of the comments, it was originally titled “vacation and funny picture.” Now it’s been changed to just “picture” because apparently SOME PEOPLE CAN’T TAKE A JOKE. [Senator Kevin Bryant via Snead]

Chris Matthews seemed reserved most of last night, until around 11 p.m. ET when he decided to scream at some Texas state senator who supports Barack Obama. You can watch this brilliant piece of television history here. While Matthews’ arbitrary tantrum drew most of the attention, it was somewhat pathetic that this state senator, Kirk Watson, couldn’t name a single accomplishment of Barack Obama’s on national teevee. But like most Americans, Watson has a blog, and today he wrote a response that begins, “So … That really happened.” And then he whines and posts some silly LOLcats and stuff. [Kirk Watson]