Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is very open about his political leanings, as he is with everything in his life. Schill is shilling for John McCain and had an interesting encounter with McCain’s wife Cindy at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Shonda Schilling tells the story:

From the Boston Herald:

“We all got separated in this huge room with lots of people,” Mrs. S told the Track. “I walked ahead with (racing legend) Richard Petty while Curt stopped to sign autographs.

“So when he started to walk away, he grabbed Cindy’s hand. She didn’t seem to mind and went along with it,” said Shonda. “But when he realized what he was doing, he held up their hands and said, ‘Hey, Shonda, look at this!’ Suddenly, Richard grabbed my hand and I said, ‘Don’t worry, I’m being taken care of.’ ”

Cindy McCain didn’t seem to mind huh? Maybe she’s like the mom in The Wedding Crashers, or maybe she was happy to be holding anything but her husband’s hand.

The latest issue of ESPN the Magazine hits newsstands Friday and will feature Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain in the 0.01 section going head-to-head in football uniforms. Obama is decked out in Chicago Bears gear while McCain wears the uniform of his home state Arizona Cardinals. Charles Gibson is going to referee the game although the McCain camp wanted the Bill O’Reilly-Sean Hannity crew and Barack’s side was hoping for Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews. Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden should work on his broadcasting skills so he can do the highlights with Sarah Palin after the game.

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain aren’t missing a chance to promote themselves in their quest for the presidency. Hillary’s been out drinking, Barack’s been doing something he calls bowling, and John McCain… He’s sitting back waiting for his chance to sling mud at one of the two.

The candidates set out to prove they’re not your grandfather’s candidates by doing some funny terrible WWE impressions. I thought Hill-Rod, Obama, and McCain would come across more naturally since Washington is like professional wrestling.. With a lot less steroids and way more hookers.

Clinton and Obama say forget the debates and take it to the ring:

Check out this video of Hillary and Obama throwing down like the winner gets the White House.

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Curt Schilling is known for being a big game pitcher, and a big mouth. Schill’s not a trash talker he just has an opinion on any and every thing. There’s a fine line between opening up and needing to zip it up, and 38 tends to fall on the side of the latter. While I obviously rarely agree with Curt’s opinions I think he handled the global warming question from the snowman pretty well.. For a politician. He admitted his own wrongdoing in the beginning and then laid into others for their similar wrongdoing. It’s like he’s been on the Hill instead of the mound all of his life. Also, I don’t wanna point out the lack of diversity amongst the McCain supporters, but when a snowman is one of the darkest people in the crowd I have to say something.

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