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'Palin' in Comparison?

I love the McCain picked Sarah Palin for his VP pick. It's remarkably dumb... I mean Maverick-y! The reaction to all of this has been splendid. At first I was totally worried she would help McCain-- and she might-- with the idiot wing of his party. But it's clear that she will only help him there. Obama's already seeing a crazy bounce in the polls. Sure some of it is due to the Democratic convention but the polls are also showing the news of Palin being absurd.

McCain is angry of course. The Daily Intelligencer sums this up well:

Let's walk through this: Palin's family is an integral part of her "story" — the Iraq-bound son, the decision to keep the baby with Down Syndrome — but when the media reported that 17-year-old Bristol Palin was pregnant, it was accused of violating a private family matter. Palin's tenure as the head of Alaska's National Guard was propped up as part of her national security experience, but when Campbell Brown pestered McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds to come up with one decision Palin made in that role (he couldn't), the McCain campaign canceled an appearance with Larry King and told CNN the Brown interview was "over the line." When the Obama campaign criticized Palin's lack of experience, Carly Fiorina warned them that "sexist treatment" wouldn't be tolerated by "American women." And when reports trickled from liberal blogs into the mainstream media that Palin and her husband had connections to a secession-minded Alaskan political party, the McCain campaign accused "supporters of Barack Obama" of "an unfortunate and nasty smear campaign." In other words, the McCain campaign springs a complete unknown onto the national stage and then asks the media not to vet her any more thoroughly than the campaign did itself.

I couldn't agree more with the idea that attacking her family is fine because of the first part of this quote. McCain loved shoving her family in the spotlight, but once it's revealed that her 17 year old daughter is having an "illegitimate" child, that's totally off limits. Fuck you, seriously. Gays can't marry because we'll warp kids? How about Christians be banned from marrying because they have rule-bending, slutty, anal-sex loving children?

Anyway, I think there is a good chance Palin will get the boot. McCain wanted Lieberman or Tom Ridge in the first place. And if her speech tonight is a disappointment, she's out. However, I do not see it as at all likely that Palin will volunteer to drop the campaign. She knew her daughter was pregnant before being picked. Did she really think this wouldn't be an issue? And if she knew she was pregnant, why did she insist on emphasizing her family values? It doesn't take a brain surgeon to see how that would undercut her appeal. As everything has indicated so far, this woman is interested in more power and keeping a stranglehold on it. Even at the expense of her own family.

Those are family values I want in the White House!

JOHN MCCAIN IS A CYCLON!!!!

I just saw this at BoingBoing and thought it was in our national security interests to spread this on: JOHN MCCAIN IS A CYCLON.

They have a campaign website.

New anti-Tina campagin

I've done a lot of volunteering at the Gay Men's Health Crisis working on some of their anti-crystal meth (TINA!) advertising campaigns. I've got to say, if more of the campaigns were conducted this way, there would be none left in the gay community:

See more Kristin Chenoweth videos at Funny or Die

Hot Boys and Daft Punk

I wouldn't be doing my duty as your friendly male homosexual friend if I didn't share this with you:




From Slog

BEST THING EVER!

Thank you NBC! Thank you NBC! This swimmer ab matching game makes up for Will & Grace!!!

Another Proposition in California

So there is the horrible Proposition 8 in California to take away gay and lesbian's right to marry and another one called Proposition 2 to ban inhumane farming. I think this video from the Humane Society of California is one example of why I'm a vegetarian and why I am considering cutting fish, eggs and more dairy out of my diet.

Greg Gets to Live Forever

If I was god (and didn't exist) I would let Greg live forever. This is why.

Miss Piggy Fucks the Pain Away

Yes:

Same Sex Immigration and Obama

I've been reading a lot of Citizen Crain, which is a wonderful blog about LGBT issues and politics. But it also has a large slant towards same-sex immigration. This was a post by the contributor Andoni:

I attended the Obama VIP reception which entailed a photo with Barack and maybe the possibility of 10 seconds chat time while the photo was being taken. I consulted Rachel Tiven of Immigration Equality for her suggestion as to what the best 10 second bite would be. She suggested to be as emotional as possible and gave me, “I have to choose between the love of my life and my country because I am gay. Please support immigration rights for gay and lesbian families.”

I practiced this line over and over. However, when my moment came, I flubbed my lines. I don’t know exactly what I said, but I did manage to get out gay and immigration --- and then I choked up. It was a real emotional choke up, not an act, and not the script. However, I said enough for Obama to know what I was talking about. He put his arm around me and in a very comforting way said, “I know, I know.”

Reading this made me tear up a little. I can't imagine I would do any better and probably would turn into a sweating, weeping mess. This was slightly heartening though:

It was apparent that he [Obama] knew this issue well. He took some time to explain that same sex immigration is going to be a very difficult one because it combines two of the most controversial issues Congress faces, gay rights and immigration. (I heard this from Barney Frank two years ago as well.) Obama also said that to tackle it we were going to have to establish a vehicle to recognize gay couples. I think we both said “civil unions” simultaneously -- me as a question, he as a statement.

I hope Obama keeps up his support as November barrels forward for the LGBT community and then doesn't throw us under the bus the same way Clinton did once in office. Even despite what everyone sees as his move to [duh-duh-duuuuh!] the CENTER, he's been good about still supporting us.

It's a shame how hard this fight is going to be and how much time it will take. Some of us don't have a lot of it.