The Political Whore

You’ve got to hand it to John McCain: The Senator’s appearance on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live was by far the funniest appearance by any candidate this election season. (Note to Hulu: Post “Giraffes” now!)

• Real Clear Politics has it Obama up 4 in Florida; Obama up 6 nationally.
• Robo-PPP poll has Obama up 2.
• Some of our knuckle-dragging Tampa Bay neighbors express their racist political beliefs.
• Carl Hiassen: “Deliver us from scandal, Lord.”
• Sure, we got Buffett, but Cleveland got The Boss.
• It all comes down to this …
• Predictions anyone? Put yours in the comments.
• November surprise: Obama’s aunt gets deported. And who leaked this info anyway?
• Is Gov. Charlie about to take a step to the left?
• The Bucs pull one out in overtime, defeating the lowly Chiefs 30-27.
• Netflix finally goes live on the Mac.
• R.I.P.: Studs Terkel.

John McCain gets a little assist from the good folks at Video Professor. I wonder if he used any of his wife’s windfall profits from the Anheuser-Bush sale to pay the shipping and handling charges?

• IndyMac customers party like it’s the Great Depression.
• Caliente Resort proves too hot for the American Association for Nude Recreation.
• The government’s terrorist watch list adds its one-millionth name.
• Starbucks announces its first 50 store closings. No Florida stores are on the list — yet.
• I know it’s called the “Home Run Derby,” but that was ridiculous, John Josh Hamilton.
• $10 million for the first Pitt-Jolie baby pictures? How much does that make the kid worth?
• Apple sells one million iPhone 3Gs in 72 hours.
• Splitsville: Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman.

This just in from the Creative Loafing food safety division: Attack of the killer tomatoes!!!

• The $100 Million man.
• Trouble brews on the Chinese stock market.
• “Florida Governor Charlie Crist says the Democratic National Committee is cheating Florida delegates out of half of their votes at the national convention this summer.” Someone please inform the Gov that the Dems were just following the GOP’s lead.
• Decision day at the Supreme Court.
• “Terrorist Fist Jab” comment on Fox News a new low for the propaganda network.
• Apple debuts the iPhone 3G and iTunes App Store. Could it be the grim reaper for the GPS industry?
• Gay marriage = economic stimulus.
• The real “surge”: Gas prices crest $4 a gallon.

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A lion in winter.

• A split decision in Kentucky and Oregon, but Obama clinches the pledged delegate majority.
• Hillary now $31 million in debt. Maybe she is the right person to steward the economy after all.
• Going to see Barack in Tampa today? Arrive early.
• “This will make Watergate look like Child’s Play.”
• Israel holds peace talks with Syria. Who knew the Israelis were so reckless and inexperienced?
• Sell your Apple stock: They just opened a store in Brandon.
• The NFL owners opt out of the league’s labor contract. This type of brinkmanship worked so well for professional hockey.
• Chupe mantequilla de mi culo!

(Photo Credit: Brian Finifter)

Anybody got a quarter I can borrow?

• Clinton gets a cash infusion …
• … And invents new math to put her ahead in the popular vote.
• Gen. David Petraeus gets a big promotion, moves to Tampa.
• Florida lawmakers propose a Christian license plate. Can the Satan license plate be far behind?
• Ford turns a profit!
• “The surviving baby raccoon, named Miracle by veterinarians, is being treated at a local animal hospital.”
• And the world’s most Googled woman is …
• Apple preps for the coming iPod slump.

Hey, PoHo blog peeps, will you be our valentine?

• America loves Obama!
• But Ohio still loves Hillary!
• Huckabee loves the Cayman Islands!
• Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson love the economy in ‘08!
• Space station astronauts love their firearms!
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia loves torture!
• Jane Fonda loves the C-word!
• Developers, Apple fanboys and me love the upcoming iPhone/iPod Touch developer’s kit!

Super duper!

• Welcome to Super Tuesday. Get comfy, we’re gonna be here a while.
• The final polls are in. Obama and Romney lead in California; Clinton and McCain pulling away in New Jersey. Believe it or not?
• No deal to end the writers strike — yet.
• New York prepares for a Giant celebration.
• An even better catch than David Tyree’s.
• The iPhone and iPod Touch get a memory upgrade … but it’ll cost you.
• Things that “probably” don’t cause cancer: Mobile phones, coffee, breast implants. Rest easy Pam Anderson.
• DON’T CLICK THIS LINK! (I warned you.)

About time.

• Romney Wins!
• Huck waffles!
• Congrats John!
• You’re busted!
• Apple wiffs?
• Babies booming?
• Mazel Tov?
• Renfro dead.

“Wanna buy a computer?”

• Can Mitt Romney finally win one?
• Obama tries to calm the Dem’s burgeoning race war (surely angering Clinton in the process).
• The current national front-runners: McCain and Clinton.
• Florida election officials need some help with their spelling.
• Couric Raw: Katie bitches about a bad mic, compares Cindy McCain to a dog and says “shit” a few times in this video shot during the breaks on the 1/8/08 CBS Evening News.
• What’s hot for Christmas 2008? A rundown of the must-have digital goodies from last week’s Consumer Electronics Show.
• Speaking of Tech: Steve Job’s MacWorld keynote goes down today. Anyone want to buy a sub-notebook computer or rent a flick through iTunes?
• “‘People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid it’s the end of times,’ said Steve Allen, a freight company owner and pilot who said the object he saw last week was a mile long and half a mile wide. ‘It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts.’”