You almost couldn't make it up

US politics is fun. Serious fun. If you're a political junkie like me it's the most fun race there is. They have villains (eg Bush) and heroes (eg Kerry) who trade places (Swift Boat) thanks to machinations of evil moustache twizzlers (Rove).

Naturally people crawl out of the woodwork with scandalous tales of candidates that may or may not be true about the candidates, or indeed shenanigans by candidates can surface. The best one ever - and no not Jennifer Flowers - was during the Gary Hart 1988 campaign where Hart challenged journos to catch him out in an affair and they did exactly that within three days, publishing pics of him with some titty chick on a boat and forever ruining his chances at the top job.

Obama has attracted more than his fair share of crazy shit that ranges from true (his fiery preacher) to highly improbable (he's a Muslim Manchurian candidate).

This following effort is in the latter. Some dude has claimed that Obama and he snorted some blow then blew each other. I assume on the second part - I haven't read the specifics.

Anyway this guy has been peddling his sordid tale for many months - and I should note that Obama has confessed to cocaine use in the past (unlike George Bush who said "I have not used illegal drugs in the last 20 years" when he stood for office and neglected to mention he'd been done DUI during his alco phase on the grounds he didn't want to set a bad example for his daughters - who later came within one strike of going in the pokey under three strikes in Texas for underage alcohol purchases ... while they were being escorted by their secret service detail).

Mr 'I had sex with that man' fronted the media with his lawyer. Let's let the SMH tell the next bit.

Sinclair was accompanied by his kilt-clad lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley. Sibley has had his own problems: a Florida court struck him off for vexatious litigation, most of it directed against his former wife.

"I don't mean to be impudent," said one reporter, "but why are you wearing a kilt?"

Sibley explained: "It has to do with genitalia. If you are on the smaller side, then pants are not uncomfortable."

That's just fucking awesome. A kilt clad lawyer who claims he is so attired because of the extent of his manhood - presumably in the safety switch is on mode. Because that's not at all going to undermine your client's claims is it?

I say you 'almost couldn't make it up' because Seinfeld did have an unusually attired lawyer - George Costanza's father's lawyer who wore a cape (played by comic genius Larry David). A sartorial choice which naturally flummoxed George who was then fixated on who the man was (not knowing he was his dad's lawyer).

The last scene of the episode featured the cape clad lawyer saving the life of someone on a bridge.

'Who are you?' the saved person asked.

'I'm Frank Costanza's lawyer,' said David.

Awesome stuff. This election is fucking gold.