In re the election, the GOP is charging that Virginia Governor Kain has "padded" the election rolls with felons and other ineligible people to insure the state will go Democratic. sigh.

And for the expensive clothes - no one's making a big fuss about Cindy McCain's expensive wardrobe because she can afford it (I'm assuming she's paying for things herself); but when campaign funds go to a personal expense, then it becomes a public matter.

I remember watching a special episode of What Not To Wear a few years back, when they gave the makeover-ee $25K (instead of $5K) and took her to Paris, where she shopped her heart out at all the best places, including a personal shopping afternoon at Christian Lacroix, and she came out of there with tons of clothes for all occasions. Even if Sarah Palin bought twice as many items as that lady did, it still should have come out to $50,000 at most!

I kind of wish though that people weren't paying so much attention to Palin's wardrobe, because in the overall picture of all the things wrong with her and the McCain campaign in general, this really shouldn't be the thing that gets this much attention.

Hey! It's Friday! What are people doing for the weekend?

I'm apparently going to the Museum of Sex tomorrow. I also have a ton of tv to catch up on, still, as well as sleep to catch up on!

Obama apparently won 85% of the votes in my organization's mock election of several thousand kids....

How excited am I about Halloween? Lots.

Got all the costumes in the mail today. Owen looks spiffy in his Batman costume but we couldn't get a picture before school. The Halloween party at the gym is tomorrow night so we're going to be set.

Tonight I'm going dancing, and then maybe to a friend's birthday party (I'm still suspicious about the last minute invite, and what that means for bizarre drama that may be simmering that I know nothing about...are people mad at me and I don't even know it?). Then I'm going to an amateur porn festival, held by the local alt-weekly.

Tomorrow, a free chiropractor appointment, the GILF's grandbaby's one year old birthday party, shopping for a halloween costume, and a Halloween party.

Sunday, possibly a corn maze and pumpkin picking, maybe a date.

All in there, some work, and prep for flying to LA Monday morning. I could also stand to clean my house and do some laundry.

How excited am I about Halloween? Lots.

Love it!

I totally shouldn't have read Ruben Navarrette's commentary on CNN. It's about the intolerance of Liberals as demonstrated by Palin and JtP.

Commentary: Liberals let loose on Palin and Joe the Plumber

I also thought the Democratic Party was supposed to go to bat for the little guy, the everyday Joe the Plumber.

Tell that to Joe Wurzelbacher, the Ohio resident who got his 15 minutes -- and 40 lashes -- because he dared question Obama about his tax plan. Obama insists that the plan would raise taxes only on those Americans earning more than $250,000 per year. It was then Obama made his clumsy "spread the wealth" comment.

What was Joe thinking: that we live in a democracy where everyday Americans who pay the salaries of elected officials can dare question their policies? That just isn't done.

Arrrgh! JtP asked Obama a question and Obama took a good chunk of time calmly and seriously answering it. McCain then made JtP the pillar of his campaign as an example of how Obama's policies hurt the average guy. The media followed up, the narrative turned out to be false and the media reported it. It was McCain who thrust him into the limelight.

There's plenty more, but a pet peeve of mine was violated in particular.

Commenting on a CNN.com story, one condescending reader wrote that Joe the Plumber should pipe down and "get back in my bathroom and unclog the toilet."

Don't try to prove your point quoting some dude's comment on the Internet! I can go get dozens of reprehensible quotes from right wingers on comment threads, and it means nothing. Sure it might be fun in an informal thread, but it is ridiculous in a syndicated column.

Sorry, venting.

Liv looks action packed!

Tonight I'm going dancing

What? Without me?