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Christian PAC Comes Out in Support of Obama, Infuriating the Right-eous

by Teh Nutroots | As Damozel posted earlier at BN-Politics, McCain's attempt to present his wife as a biker chick hasn't panned out too well for him. A man who goes a-wooing the far right evangelicals can't really be too buttoned-down or zipped up.  This is one sort of mistake I don't remember ever seeing George Bush make.  As we've all seen, far right Christians are fine with violence, but they hate any whiff of sex. 

And now there's a Christian PAC that's come out in support of Obama. (Washington Wire)  It's true.  This must be that "Christian left" that Damozel is always going on about---which I kind of thought was a myth---or maybe  it's the Christian center or not-so-far-right.  I don't know.  I don't know jack about God.

A recently launched Christian-based political action committee, the Matthew 25 Network, will air a television ad in support of Barack Obama touting his family values that will coincide with a faith-based forum on Saturday hosted by Pastor Rick Warren at the Saddleback Church  in Lake Forest, Calif.

Hope for a New Species or Giant Hoax? Men Claim to Have Recovered the Body of Sasquatch

by Cockney Robin | cross-posted at BN-Politics | Apparently two men from Georgia (USA) have recovered the frozen 7'7, 500 pound body of a creature they believe is Sasquatch---or rather a sasquatch (NYT; click to see photo), since they claim they saw other similar creatures in the same area. (CNN)  One of the finders is a former police officer and another is an ex-corrections officer. (CNN) They won't say where they found it so as to protect those other creatures.  I call that very wise of them---and no, I'm not being sarky here.

CNN Inquires: "[IS] OBAMA THE ANTICHRIST?"

Posted by Damozel | cross posted at BN-Politics |  Hey, what do you know?  McCain's ad, "The One,"  portraying Obama as Antichrist (see the ad here) seems to have worked!  In "debunking" the "rumor," CNN actually treated this as a serious question. (cf. The Raw Story)

That such a subject is even speculated about in any but the most backwards, unreconstructed segments of American society -- let alone on a 24-hour cable network -- is a testament (no pun intended) to the depths to which political debate has fallen. But there was the caption on CNN Friday in big bold letters: "OBAMA THE ANTICHRIST?"

Apparently a not-insignificant number of Americans, after viewing John McCain's Web ad The One, with its Messianic overtones -- come away thinking that Barack Obama has been sent from Hell to Earth to turn its citizens against God. For inspiration, some of these people seem to be drawing from the fictional Left Behind series, which posits a dystopian future where the Anti-Christ comes to Earth as a charismatic politician. (The Raw Story)

Chalk one up for McCain!  He did exactly what he wasn't---he assures us---setting out to do. 

Two Ads: "Maverick No More" and "The Original"

by Damozel | These should have gone up before now.  It was a response to one in which various Dems praise him for his "maverick" views.  In my opinion, this nails the reason that I've turned against McCain (who I used to think made a decent sort of Republican, for a Republican). 

Hillary: What, She's Not the Evil Scheming Genius MoDo Would Have Had You Believe?

Posted by Teh Nutroots | At our sister blog, Buck Naked Politics,  Deb Cupples saw off Maureen Dowd's Hillary-based fiction about the Democratic convention in fine style yesterday. (Maureen Dowd Talks out of her ... Ear Again ).   Dowd, as we all know, is wicked envious of just about everyone, so her stock-in-trade is undifferentiated mockery from the sidelines   If she told us the sun was shining, we'd assume she meant, er, out of her "ear."

Here at IDLYE, our credo is:  "Maureen Dowd is always wrong."

Joe Gandelman does a reality check today at The Moderate Voice:

Pelosi on Joe Lieberman

Posted by Teh Nutroots | What do you know.  In an interview with a Bay area talk show host, she actually said something worthy of not of a raspberry, but a tip of the hat.  The sting's in the tail.

Joe Lieberman has said things that are totally irresponsible when it comes to Barack Obama. Here we have a leader for the future, really a great leader for the future and one that comes along only every now and then, and they know it so they have to undermine him. And one of their best weapons, of course, is someone who is considered by some to be a Democrat." (emphasis added)

Huzzah! 

She explains here why Democrats have dealt warily with Lieberman and what Senate Democrats might do about it if he carries on the way he's been doing.

Arkansas Chair Bill Gwatney is Shot in His Office; Collateral Damage: Malkin's Feelings Get Wounded

Posted by Blue Stockings | Deb Cupples deals with this tragedy at our sister blog, Buck Naked Politics, here.

To add to the anguish, poor little Malkin received a mean email accusing her and her wingnut cronies of complicity.  In a post entitled "I Shot the Arkansas Democrat Party Chairman," she was so upset by a mean email arguing that her gospel of hatefulness might have something to do with this that she "forgot" to remove the emailer's address.  Well, that emailer will know better next time. 

It's way premature to be talking about complicity since nobody even knows the gunman's motive.

Admiral Fallon Discusses US foreign policy on BBC's Newsnight

by Damozel | Highly recommended.

Fallon is the CENTCOM Chief who resigned last year. 

Fallon opposed the “surge” in Iraq and...consistently battled the Bush administration to avoid a confrontation with Iran, calling officials’ warmongering rhetoric “not helpful.”  (Think Progress)

Whatever he may have thought before, he says that the situation in Iraq generally is greatly improved. He also discusses troop withdrawals, Iran, and his own role in US foreign policy.   At any rate, it's an interesting interview by a serious interviewer; and Fallon makes an excellent showing.

How A Bill Becomes Law (Revised)

Posted by Damozel | Gen. J.C. Christian of Jesus' General writes:

While watching John McCain work the offshore oil drilling issue, it occurred to me that the old "How a Bill Becomes Law" chart we used in school is now out of date. 

Click here to see revised version.

Ride the Wayback Pony: Edwards' Hypocrisy Gets A Democrat Down

by Blue Stockings | Sometimes The Huffington Post really gets on my last nerve.  I know, I know, THEY TOLD US SO and we told them to shut up till they had proof.  Still:  it's a tragedy for Dems and they shouldn't be quite so full of piss and judgment.  Read the smuggery here (Say It Ain't So, Elizabeth -- You Knew But Supported His Run For President?) and here (What is Wrong With Men?)

The first bothers me more than the second.  It's not Elizabeth's fault.  And Stranahan is as wrong as he can be when he implies that there would ever be a time when it wouldn't matter to Edwards' presidential bid.  His rebuke to Clinton would have come back to haunt him no matter what. 

As for what's wrong with men:  same old same old.  You could say it's a refreshing change from Republican-style sex scandals such as this one (involving a 14 year old girl and a Missouri state rep).

But I am not letting Edwards off the hook.  Far from it.  From The Raleigh News and Observer: