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McCain Oopsapalooza Tour 12: 0 for 3 Presidential Debate Edition

Pretty is as pretty does. Oops.

McCain Oopsapalooza Tour 11 Along the River DeNial: Special "I'm Rubber, You're Glue" Edition

(Previous Oopsapaloozas here.)

Big words from the angry little man at the Fake Talk Express:

“When are you going to take the gloves off and just go at him?” a supporter asked the GOP nominee, leading the nearly 1,000 supporters in the crowd to leap to their feet and cheer.

“How bout Tuesday night,” McCain said, alluding to the next Presidential debate.

McCain threatened to Bring. It.

But It must've still been in Cindy's purse, or Palin's beehive. Or somewhere. It didn't get brung.

All bark on the stump speech, no bite in the debate I guess. McCain couldn't seem to muster the wherewithal to deliver his sleazy innuendoes to Obama, face to face.

Interesting. And just about every poll on the planet said that Obama was the clear winner--more worthy of trust, more likeable, more knowledgeable, more likely to fix the economy, more likely to care about middle class voters. Oops.

McCain Oopsapalooza Tour 10: Special VP Debate Edition

(Previous Oopsapaloozas here.)

Hooo-eey, McCain pulls campaign operations out of Michigan--it's apparently a lost cause, dontchya know.

Mr. McCain’s struggles in Michigan were clear at the campaign stop at a factory in Belleville in July, where he found himself peppered with questions about his support for free trade by workers who believe it has cost the state jobs.

Then again, our own Queen of Spain knew that! Sure as god made moonshine and straw hats. And corncob pipes. *wink*

But instead of having the news stifled by the VP debate, the announcement leads into the VP debate (dagnabbit!) and tips the scale ever so slightly for Obama-Biden. Oopsy-daisy now.

Parent Teacher Conference Night, With Katie Couric

It seems that wayward pistol Sarah Palin got into some trouble with Katie Couric a while back, goshdarnit, promising to "try to find ya some" examples of Grandpa McCain's maverickyness, "and bring 'em to ya."

So whaddya know, McCain got called into Principal Couric's office and darn-tootin' he had a heckuva job making sure there'd be no more trouble from little Missy Palin agreein' with Obama on how to handle those troublesome cross-border Pakistan raids. (Those tricky media elites, always tryin' ta trip up good honest folk.)

Oopsy-diddle!

McCain Oopsapalooza Tour 9: Special Debate Edition

(Previous Oopsapaloozas here.)

Because, you know, McCain won the debate even though it hasn't happened yet!

H/T MOMocrat Glennia.

Amazing how the Spiralling Vortex of Lies Talk Express can navigate the space-time continuum. I understand McCain's plane landed about 25 minutes before an announcement was made that Congress and the White House had almost reached an agreement.

Then, suddenly the agreement derailed. Coincidence?

McCain: Would rather win an election than let sensitive economic discussions that he doesn't understand anyway continue on without his meddling.

 

The DNC: The Road to the White House Goes Through the Mountain West States

(Note: I began this piece while at the DNC and have only now had a chance to complete it. The presentation at the DNC was excellent, substantive, and on-point--unlike our recent roll in the mud with Palin as VP pick, thanks to the RNC and McCain. As an addition to the McCain ticket, Palin's a hot mess straight from Jerry Springer, with media vetting of her record and life, literally, by the National Enquirer. How about a refocus on issues and the people who vote for them?)

Senator Ken Salazar (CO), Governor Janet Napolitano (AZ), and pollster Andrew Myers presented the case for Obama's potential 2008 win with votes from a newly emergent coalition, one consisting of eight Mountain West states (pdf). Latinos, college educated/upper income voters, and libertarian-leaning gun owners dominate the demography of the region, and generally they are hugely uninterested in the concerns that typically characterize Southern Coalition voters. The latter coalition have in past elections been mobilized by "values" issues summarized in shorthand as "(pro-)god, (pro-)guns, and (anti-)gays."

What John McCain Says About His Divorce

Attention values voters! Special in aisle six.

Cynematic blogs at P i l l o w b o o k.

...and we'll be watching. Every night.

Rachel Maddow replaces Dan Abrams on MSNBC.  It's about time.

Rachel Maddow is Stefania Pomponi Butler's girlfriend. In her dreams.

"I'll see you at the debates, bitches."

Paris Hilton responds to that old white-haired guy. Hilton-Rihanna '08!

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Revolutions at 90 RPM Part 2: Bike Commuting Around the U.S. and the World

This is the third of a 4-part series on bike commuting in Los Angeles and around the world. The intro is here, Part 1 here.

While recently attending Blogher '08 in the public transportation mecca that is San Francisco, I noticed bikes are also banned from Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) trains during commute hours. (It was an issue for Los Angeles bike commuters who are barred from the city's commuter rail during those times as well, see part 1 of this series.)

This doesn't mean the rest of BART is bicycle-unfriendly--far from it. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition summarizes several of the initiatives to enabling bike-train ease of use: experimental Bike Stair Ramps so cyclists don't have to hoist their bikes over a shoulder in a narrow stairwell. Bike parking plus sales and repairs at a city Caltrain station. Caltrans (the state transportation agency) runs a transbay San Francisco-Oakland Bicycle Shuttle for $1 during peak commute hours.

Just for kicks, I looked around to see what other American cities do to combine bike-city train/bus use. And then I looked at a few cities around the world, for comparison.

Elizabeth Edwards on The Colbert Report

Elizabeth talks about healthcare and the free market system, poverty and that jet ski that hasn't arrived yet!

-Christine Modern English