"With Obama supporter black Democrat Congressman John Lewis leading the charge - comparing Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin to the 1960's racist Democrat George Wallace - the Obama camp has tossed a racial firebomb into the election, a blatant attempt to intimidate average Americans into voting for Sen. Barack Obama who is a far left-wing radical socialist, or risk being called a racist."

SLURPEE, PLEASE

We were amused by the latest White House pool report tracking President Bush's holiday weekend bicycle outing to Rosaryville State Park in Maryland, "an unexpected change of location from his usual Sunday bike riding places," noted Cynthia Dizikes of the Los Angeles Times.

So where did the White House plant the team of reporters that accompanied Mr. Bush in his motorcade, otherwise keeping them out of sight of the president's actual bike riding?

"The pool waited in a 7-Eleven parking lot," revealed Ms. Dizikes.

LET'S PARTY

In the "any excuse to drink" category, we've been invited to a "Last Chance to Drink for Victory" fundraiser for Barack Obama, beginning at 6:30 this evening at Porter's Dining Saloon in downtown Washington.

"Let's start by enjoying some drink specials," say organizers on Mr. Obama's official campaign site. "And bring your friends, roommates, lovers, colleagues or any other Democrat you can find. Raising a big chunk of change is important, but we also want to get everyone together so we can get fired up and ready to go."