The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

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“Romeo and Juliet on Twitter”–headline, Daily Telegraph (London), March 31

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“Drill, but Not Everywhere”–headline, New York Times editorial, April 1

The Tipping Point
When Al Franken made it to Congress last year, some of us who do not care for his politics hoped that he would at least draw on his first career as a comedian and bring some laughter to Washington. No such luck. If Franken has made anyone laugh, it is at him, not with him.

So three cheers for Rep. Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat who last week delivered one of the funniest comedy routines we’ve ever seen. You really have to see the video–available here at the Los Angeles Times’ website – to appreciate his brilliant timing and deadpan delivery. We won’t spoil it by giving away the joke, but we’ll let the Los Angeles Times’s Andrew Malcolm set it up:

In this House Armed Services Committee hearing last Friday (no, it wasn’t April Fool’s Day), Johnson was questioning Admiral Robert Willard, head of the U.S. Pacific fleet, about the stationing of 5,000 additional U.S. Marines and their families on the western Pacific island of Guam, a 212-square-mile American territory that is 30 miles long and from four to 12 miles wide. . . .

Of course, since Johnson is one of 535 members of the United States Congress, everything he says is important. But pay particular attention to the congressman’s comments starting at the 1:16 mark and the pregnant pause after his stated concern and hand gestures.

Followed by the admiral’s admirably measured military response.

When Johnson defeated Rep. Cynthia McKinney in a 2006 primary, we had mixed emotions. McKinney held loathsome views, including anti-Semitism, but her erratic behavior made for great entertainment. It’s good to see that her replacement is not only funny but wittingly so.

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