Spitball Army

Newstalk;
Scrubbing Bubbles;
House numbers

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The singer/songwriter sued McCain in August after the Republican candidate for the highest office in the land used his song, “Running on Empty,” in a campaign commercial that targeted Obama’s energy plan.

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So, the election is over, and you’re watching the results. Or you’re eager to put two years of presidential politics behind you, but wonder how much of it is still stuck in your giant brain. How does a quiz sound?

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I thought I’d get to the polling place by 6:00 a.m. and be the first in line, or close to the first. Then, last night, it dawned on me that I would have the privilege of waiting just as long at the #1 position as I would at #56. So I take my time getting to the community school polling place, arriving at around 6:20. Coffee mug in hand, I step into the line. I am indeed #56.

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The Birmingham News’ John Archibald writes a thrice-weekly column of opinion, most often about the happenings at Birmingham’s City Hall and the Jefferson County Commission. His writing is usually pointed, insightful and well-reasoned if, at times, a melodramatic match for the political histrionics he’s observing. Today’s “Archiblog,” as his column is called, veered unpredictably toward the illogical.

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You’d never know it from the last few months of the presidential campaign, but John McCain has a great sense of humor. I’ll opine that things might be going a little differently for the Republican Party’s nominee if the one appearing in these clips from last night’s Saturday Night Live broadcast was the same one going on the stump throughout the swing state circuit.

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And now for some synchronized debating, my friends.

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The original Budweiser “Whassup!” commercials were created in 2000. Eight years later – and past the restrictions imposed by their five-year contract with Anheuser-Busch – some of the original creators of the True film on which the commercials were based have filmed a timely reprise.

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Stand up! Stand up with me! Stand up and fight! Fight for your individuality! Be a maverick! Bring reform to Warshington! Fight for oysters and snails!

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