So, why exactly are the McCain people going ballisticly ape shit over the Obama people taking a page out of the Republican playbook on the matter of John McCain's numerically evasive domiciles?

Well, according to Time's The Page [this link died, sadly, but you can find the quote on Balloon Juice below]…

Two Republicans close to the situation say McCain has apparently settled on Mitt Romney as his running mate.

And then, according to Balloon Juice…

If McCain did decide on [Romney], himself a millionaire and owner of a bunch of homes, you can understand more clearly why they are now completely freaking out over the first real punch Obama has thrown at them despite their having been running attack ads for months.

And, furthermore, according to CBS5.com…

After leaving home, Romney attended Harvard law and business schools, and quickly earned millions of dollars as a venture capitalist. He has three homes, a colonial in Belmont, Mass., that has a tennis court, a lakeside house in Wolfeboro, N.H., with a boat house and stables, and a wood-beamed ski house in Deer Valley, Utah.

So, what's that make? Ten houses between the two of them? Or thirteen? I lose track. I can understand how McCain feels.

And that only counts the homes that they know about. Guys like that, I'm sure, accidentally buy houses like "my friend" accidentally downloads viruses onto my computer while searching for tranny porn.

On the other hand, as far as I can tell, neither of them has ever eaten arugula.

(I'm so happy that arugula has made its way back into the conversation.)