Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski appeared to suggest this morning that her favorite founding father is President Abraham Lincoln, who is not generally recognized as a founding father of the United States.

"Wow, uuummm... Wow, I just need to, let me just process, okay," Brzezinski remarked in response to the clip. Later Buchanan chimed in, "I would've gone with Hamilton, myself, Joe." Shortly thereafter Brzezinski said from off-camera, "Me, Linc-, Lincoln, but okay." Sarcastic joke? Or startling lack of elementary knowledge of American history? Hard to tell...

Here's the video so you can judge for yourself - the "Lincoln" comment comes at about the 1:00 mark: