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“In an interview this weekend, Vice President Joe Biden says he still has his eye on the presidency. Which is weird, since the question was, ‘How do you take your coffee?’” — Conan O’Brien on Vice President Joe Biden for President

“Good news for the auto industry — according to a new report, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler have greatly reduced their number of customer complaints. The automakers did this by greatly reducing their number of customers.” — Conan O’Brien on Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler on customer complaints

“USA Today says that Crysler is trying to make its cars more appealing by painting them in bright colors like orange and lime green. They’re also trying to make them more appealing by painting the name Toyota on them.” — Conan O’Brien on Chrysler

“Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held an election victory party. At the party, he thanked the 148% of the people who voted for him. Ahmadinejad is keeping a low profile, a result of the contested election. When asked about him, his staff said he was out hiking.” — Jay Leno on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran

“Nice work with the hug dodge,” Barack Obama told Bono after the U2 frontman avoided hugging then-President George W. Bush.

Judging by many of the comments, in hindsight Bono shouldn’t have slighted Bush. Of course, had more people known about it then, many would have applauded Bono. It’s just another example of how trying to be mean and not be friendly actually takes more effort than to simply be nice.