Argot Navis

From this AP story:

McCain left few openings untouched, even bashing Obama for airing a 30-minute commercial Wednesday night that will delay the opening of a World Series baseball game if the series goes to six games.

“No one will delay a World Series game with an infomercial when I’m president,” said McCain.

If you were able to read that without rolling your eyes or laughing out loud, I either admire you or know that we can’t be friends. I couldn’t care less about the Phillies or the Rays, so maybe that’s part of why I see this as a ridiculous statement, but come on. I mean, really, is he going to try to get a law passed against it? Or he’ll just be such a great president that no one would even think of doing something so profane as to delay a baseball game?

I hate to get too political here, but this Palin quote also made me laugh:

Joe the Plumber said it sounded to him like socialism.

I understand that he’s become a sort of sensation, but really, should we be basing our economic arguments on the speculations of a man who does not appear to have even a basic understanding of how tax brackets work? I mean, I don’t doubt that Mr. the Plumber is a smart guy, but this does not seem to be his area of expertise.