Here’s another example of the lunacy I pointed out earlier today, that Republicans are intellectually bankrupt:
[T]he Republican National Committee blasted the timing of [Obama's primetime, half-hour advertisement], which pushed back the start of a World Series baseball game.
“It’s unfortunate that the World Series’ first pitch is being delayed for Obama’s political pitch. Not only is Obama putting politics before principle, he’s putting it before our national pastime,” spokesman Alex Conant said.
Wait, what? Really? Did Alex Conant say that with a straight face? “[H]e’s putting [politics] before our national pastime”? They are complaining about politics trumping baseball? Worse, they’re factually off base:
The Obama campaign did not ask that the game be delayed, said a spokesman for Fox, which broadcasts the World Series.
“They asked Fox to buy the air time,” the spokesman said. “Fox went to our partner, Major League Baseball, and asked if it would be OK to delay the game to take this important political advertisement. They agreed.”
Look, if all you can do is complain that Obama caused a World Series game to be delayed for thirty minutes, what do you have, really? What substance can you offer? You just sound like a bunch of whiny children.