Congress may be getting close to coming up with a deal to figure out the big corporate bailout plan — which means McCain will have to think of some other chickenshit excuse to avoid the debates. As I mentioned yesterday… BAWK! Buck-buck-buck-buck-KAWWWW!

Obama vows to turn Friday night’s debate into a townhall question and answer session if McCain refuses to show. In other words, Mr. McCain… BAWK! Buck-buck-buck-buck-KAWWWW!

Want to tell that chickenshit McCain how you feel? Sign the petition at “Demand the Debate!”

Veep wannabe Sarah Palin is also thinking about suspending her campaign, because… well, she needs to tend to not running the state of Alaska?

By the way, are you curious as to who is running the Alaska state government while Sarah Palin is vigorously studying foreign policy on Wikipedia? Take a look!

In his “state of the economic union” last night, President Bush defended his $700 billion bailout plan to the conservatives in his own party. To win them over, Bush promised to let each of them strangle a puppy.

MySpace is taking on iTunes in the music delivery business! Their first featured artists: The Knack! (Get it? “My Sharona”? “Pedophiles”? “Online stalking of children”? Awwww, forget it.)

And don’t start your day without watching David Letterman give a wincing tongue-lashing to Senator McCain HERE, and then when you’re done, watch Dave give it to him again BELOW with his “Top 10 List!”

https://youtube.com/watch?v=u1gptS8U_w8%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)