That's a pipper. 

My first reaction to Shecky McCain's new campaign commercial blaming Sen. Obama for high gas prices--well, after a few hearty chortles, was kind of an extended moment of brow furrowed bewilderment.

Barack Obama responsible for high gas prices?  Man, that Shecky McCain just keeps the laughs coming.  If it's not rape jokes or lime green jello mold backdrops--it's this.  We should all chip in and rent Shecky a room somewhere in the Catskills.  Just remember to tip your waitresses.

Actually though, the commercial got me thinking a bit.  What could I think of where someone was actually less responsible for something for which they were being blamed.

The first thing that popped into my head was the Seinfeld episode where George goes to pick up Jerry at the airport and they pretend to be someone named 'O'Brien' in order to take his limo.  George pretends to be Colin O'Brien and Jerry is his sidekick Dylan Murphy. 

At some point while riding in the back of the limo, George and Jerry learn that 'O'Brien' is actually the leader of the White Aryan Movement and is slated to give a controversial speech at Madison Square Garden that evening. 

The limo stops and picks up two of O'Brien's followers.  They all engage in Nazi chitchat until they hear a loud bang.  One of O'Brien's disciples pulls out a pistol and they go check out the noise.  Jerry and George are attempting to come-up with a plan when they re-enter the limo.  George cuts himself off mid-sentence and says:

George: --Astroturf? You know who's responsible for that, don't you?!
The Jews! Ah, the Jews hate grass. They always have, they always will.

So, I think we should have a contest.  Come up with ideas of things that people are responsible for that are even more absurd then Shecky McCain's notion that Barack Obama is responsible for high gas prices. 

Maybe Shecky might even allow the winner to direct his next campaign commercial.  Obviously, they don't have to be tethered to any form of objective reality.

Hell, it couldn't be any worse then this one.