City of tears

Posted at 7:49 PM on June 21, 2006 by Bob Collins

By the time I got home from work tonight, the Cleveland Indians were already down 9-1 to the Chicago Cubs after 3 innings, so I went surfing for something more inspiring. I didn't find anything, so I had to settle for the Daily Show rerun.

Now, this is probably old news to you big political junkies, and those of you who actually, you know, read the Wall Street Journal. But Stewart, who was interviewing an author who wrote a book about what babies Washington politicians are, mentioned that a group of Republican teams pulled out of the Congressional Softball League in a tiff, I guess, with the Democratic commissioner.

Are you kidding me? I kept waiting for the punch line until I figured it out; that was the punch line. So I pulled up the most important journalistic tool since the pencil, I speak -- and do I really need to say it? -- of Google.

Sure, enough, a search revealed all the details in an April column in the Wall Street Journal.

I can't figure out which is worse. Watching these folks are watching the Cleveland Indians.

A quote from this particular author rang true, "the only time there is bipartisanship in Washington is when it comes to protecting their incumbency." I took note of the fact the Senate today rejected a minimum wage bill in a very partisan fight, a week after the House had no problem coming together to vote a pay raise for themselves.

Seriously. Is there anything funnier than real life?

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