Mexico once had a 45-minute president, and three different presidents in 24 hours.

In 2009, a Tea Party Republican had to ask for donations to pay his hospital bills when he ended up in a wheelchair after fighting with Dems about Obamacare.

When "bedlam broke loose" after Linda Ronstadt praised Michael Moore at a Vegas show in 2004, she was evicted from her suite and kicked off the premises.

In 2012, when Congress's approval rating was 11%, a stranger asked John McCain if people ever said he looked like Senator John McCain. He said they did. "Well," said the man, "doesn't it sometimes make you mad as hell!?"

In 2016, an Elf fan filed to run for president. "Buddy the Elf" listed his address as "North Pole" and his campaign team as "Santa's helpers."

After Sen. Chuck Schumer said Trump "incited the erection—insurrection—against the United States," Twitter lit up. Among the best comments? "Well, it WAS an uprising!"

Chided for using the word "depression," Alfred E. Kahn, Jimmy Carter's inflation czar, began saying America was "heading for a banana." When banana producers complained, Kahn switched to "kumquat."

Campaigning in Missouri in 2008, Joe Biden gave a shout-out to Sen. Chuck Graham. "Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya," said Biden, fogetting that Graham was in a wheelchair.

In 2011, when Kamala Harris became California's Attorney General, Donald Trump gave $5,000 to her election campaign.

NBC prematurely called Florida for Al Gore in 2000 before prematurely calling it for Bush. "We don't just have egg on our face," Tom Brokaw said. "We have an omelette!"