Slackers Unite

I was here yesterday. Big crowds always make me uncomfortable but Michael Moore made it an entertaining experience. This was less of a lecture than a rally. "Fuck Ralph Nader," he said at one point. "I'm so sick of him." Then he led the audience in a chant of "Get rid of Bush!"

There are tons of funny political bumper stickers around Alburquerque. One read, "The Asses of Evil" and featured photos of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield. Another read "Re-defeat Bush."

Hawaii has its share of local politics, but things are different here, proabably because New Mexico is one of the swing states--Gore won it by 360-something votes during the last election--so Bush, Kerry and Moore all made rally stops here.