This Is What Happens When You Stop Following Political News for a Second

You miss some truly exquisite lunatics on parade, that's what happens when you spend your time focused on other things in the real world, like "career things." For example:

I blogged a few weeks back about a convicted criminal, Larry Sinclair, who'd been begging the media to cover his wild allegations about Barack Obama [ed.--that Sinclair and Obama had a hot man-on-man encounter in a limo circa 1999. In Gurnee, IL! No news on whether it was in the Ikea parking lot]. Today Sinclair trotted into the National Press Club to air the allegations before what can literally be described as an audience of international press, and can more accurately be described as an amused bunch of people taking in a circus act.

How did the press conference go, inquiring minds want to know? Less than stellar, since you ask. First, his slight criminal record raised awkward questions. Then his legal representation arrived.

It got worse when Sinclair's lawyer Montgomery Sibley—whose license is currently suspended in D.C. and Florida—showed up in a kilt and told reporters that his above-average endowment made slacks tight and uncomfortable.

Finally, follow-up questions were cut a bit short, as Sinclair was led away in handcuffs for an outstanding arrest warrant in Delaware (or possibly Colorado; it seems he's wanted in both states).

You know, it's sad. It's like they're not even trying anymore.