NM Pop Politics

We are a mere two weeks away from the highly anticipated, November 4th elections.  We are also just 10 days away from Halloween.  Combine the two and you have a fantastic opportunity to express your political opinion one more time before the polls close.  So, if excessive candy and outrageous costumes aren’t enough to keep you amused this Halloween, and you’re looking for a hands-on project, we’d recommend pumpkin carving as an outlet.  You can follow chef Marc de Giovanni’s example and carve your own, terrifying politician-o-lantern….

De Giovanni’s ‘Scary-Palin’ Pumpkin, to the right, can be seen at the Matador (hat tip to Cocoposts).

Associated Press has a 11 different political stencils you can print out, including Barack and Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain and Sarah Palin…and of course all the logos for the campaigns and the parties.

Last year, by the way, then-food editor Gwyneth Doland carved a Dick Cheney pumpkin. Her Boston Terrier, Riblet, also carved a pumpkin, which, in retrospect, kinda reminds us of  the economic bailout package.

(Reported by Bonar Blagden)