The Shadow's Endorsements for the U.S. General Election

The Shadow is now ready to give his endorsement in the U.S. Presidential race.  The video below contains The Shadow's endorsement along with some key issues in California and San Francisco.



The Shadow's full endorsements are below:

For President of the United States:  Barak Obama
For Vice President of the United States:  Joseph Biden

California Propositions

The Shadow urges all Californians to approve the following issues:

• Issue 1 -- High Speed Rail Bond
• Issue 3 -- Children's Hospital Bond Act
• Issue 10 -- Alternative Fuel Vehicle and Renewable Energy Bond Issue
• Issue 11 -- Redistricting of General Assembly districts
• Issue 12 -- Veterans' Bond Act of 2008

Likewise, The Shadow urges all Californians to defeat the following issues:

• Issue 2 -- Standards for Confining Farm Animals
• Issue 4 -- Parential Notification and Waiting Period before Minor's Abortion
• Issue 5 -- Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
• Issue 6 -- Police and Law Enforcement Funding
• Issue 7 -- Renewable Energy Generation
• Issue 8 -- Eliminates the Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry in California
• Issue 9 -- Criminal Justice System, Victims' Rights and Parole of Offenders

San Francisco Propositions

The Shadow urges all San Francisco residents to approve the following issues:

• Proposition A -- San Francisco General Hospital Bond
• Proposition C -- Prohibits city employees from serving on Charter Boards and Commissions
• Proposition D -- Pier 70 Financing
• Proposition F -- Moving all city elections to even-numbered years
• Proposition J -- Creating a Historic Preservation Commission
• Proposition N -- Changing Real Property Transfer Tax Rates
• Proposition O -- Access Line Tax and Telephone Users Tax Revision
• Proposition S -- Budget Set-Asides and Identification of Replacement Funds
• Proposition U -- Policy Against Funding the Deployment of Armed Forces in Iraq
• Proposition V -- Policy Against terminating JROTC in the San Francisco Public Schools

Likewise, The Shadow urges the defeat of the following issues:

• Proposition B -- Establishing an Affordable Housing Fund
• Proposition E -- Changing the Number of Signatures Required to Recall a City Official
• Proposition G -- Allowing Retirement System Credit for Unpaid Parential Leave
• Proposition H -- Changing Revenue Bond Authority to Pay for Public Utility Facilities
• Proposition I -- Creating the Office of an Independent Rate Payer Advocate
• Proposition K -- Decriminalizes Prostitution in San Francisco
• Proposition L -- Funding the Community Justice Center
• Proposition M -- Residential Rent Ordinance Revisions
• Proposition P -- Changes the composition of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board
• Proposition Q -- Modifying the Payroll Expense Tax
• Proposition R -- Renaming the Oceanside Water Treatment Plant by Adding the Name of George W. Bush to it
• Proposition T -- Free and Low-Cost Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

As The Shadow mentioned in the video, comments are welcome and all RESPECTFUL comments will be posted.  But the important issue here is for you to get out and vote on November 4, 2008.

The Shadow will return after the elections for a final wrap-up.

Good night and good luck.

Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live

As The Shadow prepares his final endorsements in both the U.S. Presidential Election and the many California and San Francisco propositions -- we want to offer to you, if you have not seen it yet, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's appearance on Saturday Night Live last Saturday night.

Here is the clip with Tina Fey as Gov. Palin with a guest appearance by Alec Baldwin with the real Gov. Palin (the real Gov. Palin also opens the show with the traditional opening "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"):

This is the clip that features the "Sarah Palin rap" with Amy Poehler singing the lead as she "replaces" the governor doing the rap after Gov. Palin declared that "might be a bad idea for the campaign" if she performed the rap:

Regardless of how you may feel about Sarah Palin, The Shadow has to give her credit for being such a good sport.  This show also gave SNL one of its highest ratings ever -- good for them, and good for Tina Fey as well.

On a more serious note -- look for our endorsements to finally come out Wednesday evening.

Good night and good luck.