Left Coast Sports Babe

John McCain released an ad on Wednesday calling Barack Obama the “biggest celebrity in the world,” and comparing him to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.

Actually, that wasn’t the original idea for the ad.  Senator McCain wanted to compare Obama to Mae West.

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Michelle Wie is being criticized by other LPGA golfers for skipping the Women’s British Open to play in a PGA event this week.

But give the gal a break. Maybe she just wanted the weekend off.

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Dunkin Donuts has announced they are offering healthier menu options:

Isn’t that like better childcare at the Neverland Ranch?

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China has announced another last minute emergency plan to deal with Beijing’s pollution problem before the Olympic games.

The plan will close additional factories, halt construction projects and further reduce the number of  cars on the road.  Hindsight is 20-20, but if China was serious about these objectives,  then last year they should have hired President Bush’s economic team.

These are all too easy but…

Los Angeles today was shaking like…

Dick Cheney when he heard oil prices took another tumble.

John Edwards being approached by a reporter.

John McCain hearing that the first presidential debate will feature a geography quiz.

Barack Obama hearing that Reverend Wright has been hired as a religious commentator by Fox News..

Chicago Bears fans hearing how much Rex Grossman admires Brett Favre…

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Moving along…

Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation’s longest-serving Republican senator was indicted Tuesday on seven felony counts.

If convicted on all counts, he could again become the nation’s longest-serving Republican senator.

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Regarding the  recent embarrassing incident where John Edwards was allegedly caught at a hotel visiting his mistress, the former Senator has a defense: 

Given all of Obama’s favorable publicity in Berlin, Edwards just decided it was time he too reminded Americans of JFK.

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