Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Another Attempt To Put A Wedge In "Bike Partisanship"

Conservative bloggers continue to scapegoat bicycles. This recent posting titled as "All You Need To Know" on the To the Point Blog.

Harley Girl















Schwinn Boy














Of course Barack Obama's riding a Trek and he is towing his children behind him but who's paying attention.

Well here's the good news, bikes are being mixed into the presidential campaign race, when is the last time that happened. 1896?

The League of American Bicyclists has now created a Rogues Gallery of public figures trash talking bikes. And the Denver Post has published the Freewheelin usage results for the Republican and Democratic Conventions. The verdict the Democrats took more bicycle trips but the Republicans clocked more miles per trip.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isn't that a Log Cabin behind Sarah Palin?

gawker said...

Honestly, isn't it a bit naive to talk about bike partisanship when the rogue's gallery mostly contains Republicans and the Republican platform itself is anti-environment, anti-alternative transportation and pro-oil?