"Laugher," indeed...

From one of the president's recent "town hall meetings" on Social Security -- which are hilariously scripted for a pre-screened audience with pre-screened panelists.

THE PRESIDENT: Let me ask you something about the Thrift Savings Plan. This is a Thrift Savings Plan that has a mix of stocks and bonds?

MS. WEBSTER: Yes, sir.

THE PRESIDENT: Now, how hard was that to learn how to do that?

MS. WEBSTER: And I chose the safe plan, government bonds. (Laughter.)

THE PRESIDENT: That's all right. Well, not so safe, unless we fix the deficit. But other than that -- (laughter). We're fixing the deficit. (Applause.)

Not sure what that final "applause" was for -- the president's slip of the tongue on the impact of his tax-cut-fueled deficits, or his claim to be "fixing the deficit." Of course, the word "fixing" is also hilariously revealing. The fix is in, eh? Watch out, working Americans!