Take today’s side-splittingly hilarious comment Reid tossed at fellow Mormon (and Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.) Now, Romney has faced some tough questions in the race because he’s a Mormon, just like Reid. (Unlike Reid, however, Romney is a bit of a flip-flopper, telling each group he speaks to whatever it wants to hear. So, today, as you read this, Romney could be a Presbyterian. Or a Baptist. Or maybe even a charter member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Who knows?)

Anyway, Romney is also a bit of a dick, as evidenced by this Oct. 21 remark, directed at Democrat Reid: "I think that the reason that some 28, 29 percent are not comfortable voting for a Mormon is they think they’re voting for Harry Reid."

Oh, snap! Now that’s funny. The truth is, Reid is a rare combo, being Mormon and Democrat. Most Mormons are conservative Republicans. And the real reason that 28 or 29 percent of the people are not comfortable voting for a Mormon is that they think Mormon beliefs are totally wacky. Yes, we went there. Sue us. (Besides, we’re Catholic, and lots of people think what we Catholics believe is wacky, too.)

Anyway, Reid — in a moment truly worthy of Saturday Night Live, totally brought down the house when he told reporters asking about a forthcoming Romney speech about faith and politics with this sure-to-be-a-classic line: "Well, I believe that Mitt Romney is a man I’ve never met. Don’t particularly want to."

Oh, stop! Stop it, Harry! You’re killing us with laughter! This is just too much. We’ve got to take a break and get some supplemental oxygen. (Don’t ask why we have supplemental oxygen around the office; the less you know about that the better.)

There, that’s better. Whew. Man, Reid should be writing for The Daily Show, not presiding over the Senate while he trains his young apprentice Anakin to destroy the Jedi order, crush the rebellion and bring order to the galaxy, or whatever it is he does during the day.

See, we used to think we were funny, until we read Reid. We would have said something like this if asked the same question: "Why, yes, I do have some advice for Gov. Romney. I think he should tell the world that faith and politics are both very important things in public life and that each has a very special … no, seriously, I think he should go fuck himself!"

Ha! You see what we did there? We totally started out serious, but then pulled a fast one at the end! That’s what we would have done.

But Reid? He’s too awesome for that.

By the way, Reid did say later that "I would hope that his running for president would be determined on his politics and not his religion." That’s the right answer, for two reasons: One, so long as Romney keeps his religion to himself, it’s mostly harmless. Two, his politics are wrong, and he should be judged on them.