Below The Beltway

Ted Stevens continues to pretend that he still has a political career:
With just four days before the election and Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens insisting he’s not a felon, the U.S. Senate race is white hot.
“I’ve not been convicted yet,” Stevens said Thursday in a meeting with the editorial board of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. [...]

They’re even turning Halloween into an opportunity to preach to us:
If you’re handing out candy this Halloween, don’t be surprised if a few trick-or-treaters hand you back a chocolate of their own.
For the second year in a row, thousands of costumed children will take part in “reverse” trick-or-treating, handing out samples of Fair Trade Certified [...]

Or at least that’s what one woman who attended a rally in Sunrise, Florida this week thinks:

The sad thing is that I think she really believes it.
H/T: Hit & Run

One of the most bizarre blog posts ever written.
To say that it rambles is putting it mildly, and if you can’t quite make it through to the end just know that this blogger thinks she’s proven that Barack Obama is the illegitimate son of Malcom X.
I’m serious, she really thinks that.
H/T: Brad @ The Crossed [...]

As I suspected, it’s now being reported that Ashley Todd fabricated her story of being attacked for her political beliefs:
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Police tell KDKA that a campaign volunteer has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter B in her face after seeing her McCain bumper [...]

It didn’t take long for the public relations people who run Tyson’s Corner Center to realize they screwed up royally:
Tysons Corner Center officials apologized yesterday for leaving Santa Claus out in the cold this holiday season.
Responding to hundreds of calls, an online petition and threats to boycott the mall for giving its longtime Santa the [...]

Roy Pearson tries to revive the frivolous lawsuit that refused to die:
Roy L. Pearson Jr. was back in court today, trying to revive his highly publicized $54 million lawsuit against a neighborhood dry cleaners over a pair of lost pants.
Pearson, a former District administrative law judge, recycled some of the same legal arguments that were [...]

Apparently, some conservative bloggers have gotten themselves up in arms over this 19 second clip from last night’s Family Guy:

Actually, I thought it was pretty funny myself. Others might disagree, but, geez, get a clue already. This is Family Guy, offensive is what they do.

I normally wouldn’t post something from a place like Daily Kos, but a comment as utterly stupid as the one that a certain McCain aide uttered yesterday deserves to be ridiculed for the shining jewel of colossal ignorance that it is:

H/T: Moon Rays

A Republican women’s group is under fire for sending out a mailer that, to say the least, is highly questionable:
The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican women’s group depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken, prompting outrage in political circles.
The October newsletter by the Chaffey [...]