Maybe we should give John McCain the benefit of the doubt and just assume he actually is in a bubble, at least when it comes to what really goes on at the Miss Buffalo Chip Beauty Pageant during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. Because the alternative is that John McCain is eager to submit his wife Cindy to... hm... let's say objectification at best; simulated fellatio, banana coddling, and public nudity at worst:



You know the old maxim about political news involving bikers: when it rains, it pours! So TPMtv would like to make an important point of clarification. In response to the written intro to today's episode of TPMtv, TPM reader MRL writes in:

I'm a "biker" and I don't appreciate the "all bikers are crooks/thugs/hooligans" insinuation.

TPMtv would like to emphatically stress that, speaking only for itself, it in no way believes that all bikers are crooks/thugs/hooligans whose sole use to society is to provide transportation/symbolic force to corrupt politicians. TPMtv simply felt compelled to make a light-hearted jab at Ted Stevens' biker convoy, because come on, it demanded some sort of acknowledgment. But TPMtv recognizes that the joke may have been offensive, or at least pathetically unfunny, to actual bikers. TPMtv apologizes. TPMtv similarly recognizes, w/r/t this current post, that not all bikers are misogynists who revel in the objectification and humiliation of women.

No, TPMtv knows firsthand that the vast majority of bikers are upstanding, responsible, and loving enthusiasts of a wonderful sport. Like for completely random example, Moira and Kevin Craw of Wilton, Connecticut.