The ladies of 'The View' got themselves in a tizzy over remarks by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who was quoted in a book on the 2008 presidential campaign that Barack Obama could be a successful black candidate because he is "light-skinned" and has "no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."

Whoopi Goldberg came to Reid's defense and argued his description of Obama is somewhat accurate, and that there are "a lot of worse things" Reid could have said. Best of luck making anything else out of this clip, however; network censors bleeped out much of the conversation, presumably due to the use of racially-offensive terms.

Watch the video after the jump.

Jon started the episode with an apology to his family and neighbor for mistaking Quatro de Mayo for a drinking holiday. That's rather silly, as everyone knows that's actually Star Wars day ("May the Forth by with you"). The beginning of May also saw the anniversary of President Bush's flightsuit-tastic "Mission Accomplished" banner unveiling. Yeah, it doesn't hurt any less. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino attempted to ease the bitterness by admitting that the banner should have been more specific, stating, "Mission accomplished for these sailors who are on this ship on their mission." Jon also managed to call me out as one of the "font crazy" home viewers, because I made a weird face as I thought, "I'm pretty sure Times Courier isn't a real font..."

"Mess O' Potamac": Ahh, yes. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that felt extremely uncomfortable watching Nancy Pelosi pretend she didn't mind having Harry Reid's hand on her shoulder. The Bush vs. Bush debate was well-done. The Daily Show has totally mastered the art of collecting video clips. That is the beauty of doing a faux news show, is it not? CNN wishes they had a time machine to do a debate between past- and present-Bush.