1) Slantpost, while in the process of hammering away at the entire Hitler-in-discourse thing, helpfully points out that said Senator gets slammed with this kind of crap all the fragging time. Just a reminder to people on both sides: it is not particularly consistent to condemn Bush being equated to Hitler and favor Hillary Clinton being equated to Hitler, or vice versa – and no, those are not two entirely different situations.
2) When James Taranto calls the reaction to the bad joke Clinton made “way over the top” and that “Critics of our junior senator, Hillary Clinton, need to get a grip”, I think that it’s safe to say that the situation’s a nonissue.