POTUS or ANTICHRIST?

This little McCain ad has become the subject of some serious controversy. Check it out:


The ad claims to be a making a joke about how Obama thinks himself to be the Messiah, but this awesome Time.com article stresses that the ad doesn't really come across as a joke, and for a few really good reasons:

"The ad was the creation of Fred Davis, one of McCain's top media gurus, as well as a close friend of former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed and the nephew of conservative Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe. It first caught the attention of Democrats familiar with the Left Behind series, a fictionalized account of the end time that debuted in the 1990s and has sold nearly 70 million books worldwide. "The language in there is so similar to the language in the Left Behind books," says Tony Campolo, a leading progressive evangelical speaker and author.

As the ad begins, the words "It should be known that in 2008 the world shall be blessed. They will call him The One" flash across the screen. The Antichrist of the Left Behind books is a charismatic young political leader named Nicolae Carpathia who founds The One World religion (slogan: "We are God") and promises to heal the world after a time of deep division. One of several Obama clips in the ad features the senator saying, "A nation healed, a world repaired. We are the ones that we've been waiting for."

What is McCain trying to pull here? I'm not sure who said that politics and religion don't mix, but darn if its not true. Come on McCain, keep it off the pulpit, all right?

The best part of the whole thing is the hilariously low-brow comment left on the John McCain ad on youtube that said "John McCain is a desperate dinosaur." Haha.

McCain probably ran this ad as a favor to Moses. They went to grammar school together in their home town of Pangea.

For more great information about the venerable John McCain check out the Women For John McCain website.

The Meow of Change

Barack Obama recieved the endorsment today of Marmalade Kitties all over the Nation. I wonder how many delegates the kitties have?

CNN Covers Sexist/Racist CNN? How Meta...

Finally, aggressive reader responses to one of CNN's thinly veiled sexist and/or racist articles has finally been awarded an acknowledgment from CNN. Clearly, there is no apology in this article on CNN.com today, but at the very least they quoted some strongly worded emails from readers who were offended by CNN's coverage of Obama as a "black" candidate and Clinton as the "top female candidate."

The article about which readers were specifically angered was "Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in S.C.", obvious from the title an article that takes political issues directly out of the equation for black women voters, assuming they vote only based on race or sex. Personally, I think the most amusing reader comment in the CNN response article was this:

An e-mailer named Tiffany responded sarcastically: "Duh, I'm a black woman and here I am at the voting booth. Duh, since I'm illiterate I'll pull down the lever for someone. Hm... Well, he black so I may vote for him... oh wait she a woman I may vote for her... What Ise gon' do? Oh lordy!"

I'm so used to reading coverage of this election that is both racist and sexist, but finally I feel like I'm seeing legitimate angry responses to this disappointing trend. CNN may not have apologize for targeting their white, male audience and undermining the entire American voting population, but at least they are publishing some objections. For an example check out this great Op-Ed from Bob Herbert at The New York Times called "Politics and Misogyny".

Obama and the Gays

Kathy Belge at Your Guide to Lesbian Life
gives details on the following topics:

Barack Obama and Gay Rights in Illinois

Barack Obama in the United States Senate

Barack Obama on Hate Crimes

Employment Non-Discrimination

Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Gays in the Military

Gay & Lesbian Adoption

Barack Obama and Gay Marriage/ Civil Unions

I hope Obama is the next POTUS. I wish any candidate felt comfortable supporting gay marriage, but its just not a platform friendly stance. I really don't think anyone would be elected to the presidency with Gay Marriage on their agenda, because America is filled with haters. And its too bad hes a Christian, but no one is perfect.

Obama Wins Iowa!

To begin, I'm totally thrilled that Obama took Iowa last night although I'm a little sad that Edwards bumped Clinton by .5%. Either way, it was a good day for Obama supporters. The election is so charged with race, sex, and religion that some days I feel like I'm just watching the Tyra Banks Show. Jessica Valenti, of Feministing.com fame is guest blogging on The Nation this month and just recently wrote a really good short piece about sexism in the political arena right now. Check out The Daddy Slate? No Thanks. for some good feminist reading about Iowa Republican Party Winner Mike Huckabee's overtly sexist statements and how America judges H. Clinton on her sex.

I feel like I'm answering a lot of questions lately about the democratic candidates' stance on gay rights issues. Since I don't know all the specifics, I hit the web for more information. Freelance Writer and advocate Kathy Belge wrote these pretty comprehensive columns on Clinton, Obama and Edwards history with gay related issues on About.com. I'm going to post these here individually to make them a little more accessible. Realistically, the front runners all say similar things--but Belge's columns include some good details on voting history.

Also, here is more details on DOMA, The Defense of Marriage act which is the worst thing on earth and a "big" issue in the gay marriage debate. It was signed into law by Bill Clinton, in a really disappointing moment in his presidency:

The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, is the commonly-used name of a federal law of the United States that is officially known as Pub. L. No. 104-199, 110 Stat. 2419(Sept. 21, 1996) and codified at 1 U.S.C. § 7 and 28 U.S.C. § 1738C. The law has two effects.

1. No state (or other political subdivision within the United States) need recognize a marriage between persons of the same sex, even if the marriage was concluded or recognized in another state.
2. The Federal Government may not recognize same-sex or polygamous marriages for any purpose, even if concluded or recognized by one of the states.

Go Obama!

(Stay tuned for gay rights information on the top Democratic candidates!)