Punk endorsement for McCain

Spotted, appropriately, at Conservative Punk...Johnny Ramone's widow Linda endorses John McCain. In fact, she joined Megan McCain on the stump in Nevada. Unfortunately, there are no individual links to posts at Megan's blog...you'll have to look through the recent posts to find it.

It's maybe not so surprising...the Wikipedia article clues us in on Johnny's politics:

Infamous in the punk community as being one of a few conservatives, Cummings made his political affiliation known to the world in 2002, when the Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After thanking everyone who made it possible — clad in his trademark T-shirt, ripped blue jeans and leather jacket — he said "God bless President Bush, and God bless America."

Also not very surprising that Wikipedia would consider conservative politics to be infamy, and that his politics were so exceptional that they felt they had to have a section of his Wikipedia entry dedicated to the topic, but that's a topic for another day.

Anywho...so Linda Ramone's endorsement might pale in comparison to others, but it has a certain cool factor to it. As a long-time Ramones fan ("I Wanna Be Sedated" is the default ringtone on my cell phone), I like to think Johnny wasn't the only conservative in the band.

McCain on SNL

I forgot John McCain was scheduled to be on Saturday Night Live last night, so I just now watched this. I know a lot of conservative bloggers have been bashing SNL for bashing Palin, but this sketch almost makes up for all that. It's actually pretty damned funny, and even Cindy McCain gets a cameo.

Update: The backstage talk with John and Cindy is pretty good, too. NBC is surprisingly good to McCain just a few nights before the election.

A retrospective that can still be avoided

Jonah Goldberg pens a speculative retrospective (I think I may have just coined a new phrase) on the Obama presidency. Apparently, Goldberg thinks - as I do - that if Obama wins, he'll be a one-term wonder.

It's hard to believe that just four years ago, some were talking about Barack Obama as a national savior, a secular redeemer, a "light worker." Even more shocking, President Obama lost the nomination of his own party to none other than Hillary Clinton. How did we get here?

There are no shortage of recriminatory theories for President Obama's precipitous fall from would-be messiah, to near pariah. Discussions with leaders within the Democratic Party, including prominent former members of the Obama administration, give a kaleidoscopic picture of missed opportunities, wrong turns and embarrassing blunders.

For now, I prefer to think that it's still possible for McCain to pull off a win, but if we do end up electing this egotistical, arrogant dilettante on Tuesday, it'll be fun a few years from now to go back and read this stuff.

GOTV in Fredericksburg

I spent the whole day today toting around four great ladies from the DC area to bang on doors in suburban Fredericksburg on behalf of John McCain. Based on my decidedly unscientific study of the McCain/Obama yard sign ratio, McCain should easily take this district by about 2 to 1. Fredericksburg proper will dilute that somewhat as it's pretty solidly blue, but John McCain should take greater Fredericksburg in a walk.

As for the rest of the state, who knows? Northern Virgina will go for Obama, and it's heavily populated. The Norfolk/Hampton area will probably split. Richmond? I'm not sure. But I think the rest of the state will weigh heavily in McCain's favor.

McCain must take Virginia. Our polls close earlier than most east coast states (7PM), so Virginia results will be among the first to be reported.

A few highlights of the day, besides the "I'm voting for the chick" yard sign which I posted earlier from my cell phone...

One guy said he was voting reluctantly for McCain, and if he hadn't picked Sarah Palin for his running mate, wouldn't be voting at all.

I had a stack of McCain/Palin yard signs in my van, and whenever one of the door-knockers got a request for one, I'd run over and put it up. One gentleman engaged me in conversation for at least 15 minutes when I brought his sign and said he was an independent, but was backing McCain with zeal this year because of (1) his opposition to Obama and (2) his support for Sarah Palin.

One of our door knockers got bitten (not seriously) by a dog. The dog's owner was unapologetic...and uncommitted. I think I know which way she's voting.

'I'm voting for the chick'

A bunch of McCain supporters came down from DC today and us locals are toting them around for GOTV efforts. My posse wanted their picture taken with this yard sign they stumbled upon. The homeowner was happy to allow us.