So we learn today from The Telegraph that the armored limo the President is using in Israel broke down this morning en route to Jerusalem because someone filled its fuel tank with diesel oil instead of gasoline.

Hmmm. That used to happen to me from time to time back in the 70s when I had to move trucks around as part of my job with Ryder Truck Rental. But it was invariably because the guys working at the fueling station were really, really stoned.

Hope we aren’t about to experience another Secret Service scandal. That would be a real bummer.

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Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.