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At least he is in this elaborate, spooktacular, very San Francisco Halloween display, found outside a Glen Park home. Curious, yes? But we think they should have added pantyhose to Palin's legs -- you know, to go with the strappy, open-toed shoes. Because you know she would wear them together.

The mentally-crippled folks over at endorsed John McCain and Sarah Palin yesterday. We blame witchcraft.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain is in town today. It seems the former P.O.W. will be dinning over at the Fairmont (for a $10,000/plate fundraiser). But wait, there's more: Members of No Soldier Left Behind, a "campaign promoting a comprehensive plan to end the war in Iraq and improve the security and well being of Iraqis and Americans," will protest outside the hotel tonight. If you want to be a part of the melee, the angry kids will convergence in front of the Fairmont Hotel at 6:30 p.m. In other news, their bar is simply wonderful for a well-made cocktail. We strongly recommend ordering a vespa or four. (CBS 5, via BCN)

In effort to beef up our anti-Republican credibility--while helping diminish San Francisco's continually creepy anti-Hillary sentiment--here were have a delightful and much needed anti-McCain video. It's brimming with biting satire, cinematic parody, and information on our impending (current?) recession.

Well, frankly, neither had we. That is, until we read this crazy -- yet, not so crazy -- article on Republicans in Ohio switching party alliances and voting Democratic. 16,000 Republicans, to be exact.

John Edwards has overtured the Chutes and Ladders board, packed up his Gobots, and is going home. The Democratic and Coulterian faggot candidate, it seems, has dropped out of the presidential race. See ya, Johnathan. Who will former the North Carolina senator endorse? Not sure. But according to AP:

With the Niners sinking like John McCain's Presidential campaign, the inevitable finger pointing has begun. After all, the team has not gotten better, but actually regressed from last year and you could argue that the team has regressed even farther to 2004-2005 levels of suckitude. So the question being asked is who the heck is to blame. The inevitable target? Mike Nolan.

It's official, California is now going to be holding an early Presidential primary as the Governator signed the bill today. This bill beat out the other option, which was to have a primary at the normal date, but have Arnie go back in time to announce the winner then. The new date of our primary will be February 5, joining a whole bunch other states, with more states wanting to join in on the fun. Considering the states involved and the number of states holding an early election, this will mean we're getting closer and closer to a national primary type thing, something that makes George Will gnash his teeth in anger . Poor George, why can't people be as smart as you are? It'll also mean that this sucker could be over in February which would mean months after months of political pabulum going from tedium to boring within days, like a TV show nobody wants to watch but is forced into watching anyways.

This was a much better week for our locals than last week when we lost two of them--TWO! Read on.

We admit it, it's been a slow couple of weeks here at SchwartzenWatcher HQ. Nothing much has been going on as the Governator has been pretty quiet lately being all wonky and acting all Governor-like. But then, like manna from heaven, we get word that after a few days in D.C. schmoozing with other Governors and enjoying the fact that the Chinese control our ports and not a bunch of A-rabs, we discover that from there, Arnie is off to Columbus for the Arnold Fitness Expo and Arnold Classic. And kicking things off will be a pay-per-view Mixed Martial Arts Championship, the Gracie Fighting Championships actually, one that will be have as it's master of ceremonies our Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Our Governor is SO not like your Governor.

With only a few days left before the Very Special Election, the Governor hit the campaign trail hoping for one of those idyllic campaign weekends where all the crowds are friendly, the energy crackling, and the pictures good. So he hopped on a bus, got a visit from everybody’s favorite Republican, John McCain, and spoke to reporters about how much he was looking forward to getting everyone in the state together to fix the state’s problems. And what did he get for his troubles? On Saturday, at a rally in San Diego, Warren Beatty and his wife, Annette Bening tried to crash one of his rallies, along with a crowd of protestors. They had been trailing the Governor on their own Magical Mystery Bus, the "Truth Squad Bus" and followed the Governor to a rally being held at an airplane hangar in San Diego. When they tried to get in, they were given the "sorry, closed party" by a hastily assembled squad of the Governor's aides who told Beatty that he wasn't allowed into the rally because he wasn't on the list to get in. Just change political rally to Koi and it's just like Paris and Nicole. Which is kind of scary when you think about it because the way things are going, SFist will someday be writing about Lindsey Lohan leading a protest against Governor Wilmer Valderrama.

Schwarzenegger's political poll numbers are still down, there is one poll in which he is doing very well. Turns out, Arnie is Ubersexy! According to Men's Vogue, Arnie is the Fifth Ubersexiest man in the world, making him ubersexier than Ewan McGregor andr Pierce Brosnan, but not as ubersexy as George Clooney, #1 Ubersexiest male Bono, or Donald Trump (blogga, please). Not on the list was Rush Limbaugh, who has been whining about it ever since. As for his propositions' in the Very Special Election, we turn to the Prop. 77, the redistricting initiative because if politics make for strange bedfellows, this one is causing TomKat-like couplings. Besides the support of Mr. Campaign Reform himself, John McCain, the initiative got the support of well-known political reform organization, Common Cause. Well, sort of. Seems there was a bit of a disagreement over supporting it and it's rumored several board members threatened to resign in protest of aligning with a politician whose pro-business stand would earn the plaudits of Montgomery Burns. Also supporting the proposition is consumer rights group, CalPIRG.

We do love our protests here in the Bay Area. We love them so much that we follow protests in other cities like some folks follow football. Except it's always the same two teams: the protesters versus the cops. You can guess who EssEffist is rooting for. Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink, led a delegation in the massive march on Sunday that some estimates placed at half a million people. The march was led by local boy made good Danny Glover, among others. He walked arm in arm with Michael Moore, who was invoked to jeers and laughter by John McCain during his address to the delegates yesterday evening. Speaking of delegates, the California delegation, led by Regent Parsky, Chairman of the UC Board of Regents (what on earth did he and Dolores Huerta talk about?), is definitely looking forward to tonights speech by the Governator. Look for the recap in tomorrow's Chron. While we've yet to hear 'The Miami Model' used, protest suppression seems to be running along similar tactics. Police have used mopeds and vespas to bring down bicyclists from Critical Mass and the Bike Bloc. Apparently bicyclists are especially dangerous - some estimates have put the number of confiscated bikes near 1,000, including the hi-tech graffiti bike from Bikes Against Bush. After demonstrating the technology to an MSNBC crew, he was arrested for vandlism, even after demonstrating that a water-soluble chalk was used to officers. Other tacticts have included mass arrests by officers without badges or other ID; protesters penned by riot police and orange plastic netting, and then arrested one by one; protestors being chased down by officers on motorbikes who are snaring them in nets; and reports of beatings by both riot squad and plainclothes police. Another tactic, which we've seen here in SF, is cops videotaping the proceedings as well as the protestors. Protest tactics have involved small demonstrations all over the city in order to spread the police forces. Union, Herald, Times and Madison Square have all seen action today. San Francisco political punk legend Jello Biafra was spotted at "The Man in Black Bloc" demonstration singing along with other protesters to "Ring of Fire" and "A Boy Named Sue." We know what Wonkette means when she says New Yorkers must feel like they've all been moved to San Francisco. For the latest in reports from the street, check out NYC Indymedia (which the Secret Service has reportedly been harassing), Indybay or listen in to Critical Mass (89.1 FM) or Pacifica Radio (94.1 FM). Boing Boing is on the geek-tech angle, and of course Gothamist is bringing it with the local coverage.