Since when do robbers carve presidential picks on their victim's faces?

Apparently, they don't.

From CNN:

"A woman who told police she was assaulted by a man angered about a John McCain bumper sticker on her car admitted she made up the report, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, assistant police chief said Friday."

Friday, October 24, 2008

Nov. 4 event in Grant Park

The Obama campaign is hosting what will hopefully be a victory celebration in Grant Park.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Yes We Carve

Wicked cool Obama jack-o-lanterns.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

McCain defends robocalls

McCain continues to talk about Bill Ayers, although the American people are obviously sick of it. In an interview with the CBS Early Show, he defended the robocalls that link Obama with Ayers.

From the New York Times Caucus blog:

“That robocall is absolutely accurate,” Mr. McCain told CBS’s Harry Smith. “And, by the way, Senator Obama is running robocalls as we speak. He’s running an ad that’s untrue about my immigration position, about stem cell research and about several other issues.”

Mr. McCain added: “He was friends with a terrorist and his wife and we need to know the full relationship.”

When Mr. Smith asked Senator McCain about comments his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin made that were critical of the robocalls, Mr. McCain replied: “Sarah is a maverick.”

David Sedaris and the Election

I was lucky enough to go see David Sedaris last week. He read this column from the New Yorker about undecided voters, which I believe just went live today. He offers an interesting perspective on being undecided in 2008:

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.

I mean, really, what’s to be confused about?

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And a little bit on being a maverick, in 1976:

The choice that year was between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. Most of my friends were going for Carter, but, as an art major, I identified myself as a maverick. “That means an original,” I told my roommate. “Someone who lets the chips fall where they may.” Because I made my own rules and didn’t give a damn what anyone else thought of them, I decided to write in the name of Jerry Brown, who, it was rumored, liked to smoke pot. This was an issue very close to my heart—too close, obviously, as it amounted to a complete waste. Still, though, it taught me a valuable lesson: calling yourself a maverick is a sure sign that you’re not one.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Palin as President

If this is already up here, I apologize, but it is too funny:

http://www.palinaspresident.us/

Paul Krugman on the GOP and Ohio's plumbers

I heart Paul Krugman. I'm so glad a high-profile economist is pointing out the specious claims from McCain and the Republican party. For years I've been telling my extended family members from my home state of Ohio, and who are Republicans, that the Republican party is not the party for middle-income working Americans. Read Krugman's op-ed today in the New York Times.

Tribune Endorsement

This is a few days old, but it's still pretty cool. The Chicago Tribune endorsed Obama, which is the first time in the paper's history that it's endorsed a Democrat. Here's a snippet about the paper's decision to break with history:

McCain failed in his most important executive decision. Give him credit for choosing a female running mate--but he passed up any number of supremely qualified Republican women who could have served. Having called Obama not ready to lead, McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. His campaign has tried to stage-manage Palin's exposure to the public. But it's clear she is not prepared to step in at a moment's notice and serve as president. McCain put his campaign before his country.


Read the rest of the endorsement here.

Obama's Moment

Obama talks with Rolling Stone about how George W. Bush screwed up, why John McCain turned ugly and what he's learned from Bill Clinton.

Sunday, October 19, 2008