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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. 

If Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle, What are John McCain & Ron Paul?

by Damozel | I commented the other day on a MoJo interview with Matthew Honan, the creator of Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle.com (and how the site came about).  To see all the ways he cares, click on any link and keep on refreshing. 

• Barack Obama made up your bed

• Barack Obama paid your speeding ticket

• Barack Obama carries a picture of you in his wallet

• Barack Obama saved his dessert for you

• Barack Obama spent the afternoon setting up your router

• Barack Obama thinks you are cute

But what about other candidates?  Honan's site has spawned plenty of imitators.

Jon Swift Schools The Blogosphere on Satire

by Teh Nutroots & Damozel  | We had an uncomfortable day or two last week when A-List blogger Andrew Sullivan read one of Z-List bloggers John Q's pieces which quoted from one of Sullivan's postings (getting it all wrong) and tactfully called him out for the stupidity of his misinterpretation at The Daily Dish.  [Afterwards Mr Sullivan was good enough to post a second note noting that our resident neoconman's piece was rather amusing.]  Naturally we're grateful. 

Whilst we were all feeling low about having inadvertently taken in Andrew Sullivan, Jon Swift---one of the blogosphere's most distinguished (and sensible) political bloggers--- kindly dropped by and suggested that another time we listen to his advice on satire (which he set out in a piece from which we've excerpted below).   We were really grateful for this as his is the balanced vision to which we and Fox News aspire but can never attain.

Swift's advice on satire is included on the piece he wrote on the New Yorker cover.  We hope that other aspiring satirists will read and learn. 

Wall Street Journal: Will Real Americans Find Obama Offensively Physically Fit?

by Teh Nutroots | Aw, hell.  I can't let this one go.  Amy Chozick---as Damozel comments, it's kind of hard to believe it is with a straight face---asks, at The Wall Street Journal, is Barack Obama offensively physically fit to the fat American electorate?  Will middle-aged fat gits like Mister Teh Nutroots refuse to vote for someone so distastefully thin from eating elitist [healthy] food like arugula lettuce [which unlike all-American iceberg lettuce supposedly contains some food value] and working out on a regular basis?

Can White Men Dance? Oh, Yes, Ms. McArdle. YES WE CAN

Mr. J.Q. Public [So Right It's Wrong] | As the only right-winger posting at this blog, you can imagine that I suffer a great deal of intimidation.  I am almost afraid to write this, as I am afraid that Damozel will accuse me once more of being a 'concern troll' and delete my post forthwith.  Yet the subject is one that is of deep concern to me and, I believe, to most Republican men.

I was very disappointed by this piece, 'White Men Can't Dance', penned by libertarian Megan McArdle in her blog ( 'Assymetrical  'Asymmetrical Information').  She remarks that 'for the last three seasons, the show So You Think You Can Dance has tended to be very, very white by the time it gets down to brass tacks,' as if this were a bad thing.

For centuries, white men---and, I believe, white Republicans especially--- who try to dance have been discriminated against, to such an extent that 'white men can't dance'  has now become, to all intents and purposes, a self-fulfilling prophecy. 

Has Maureen Dowd Got a Big Swoony Crush on Obama?

by Damozel | I think she has.  Yes, I think she has.

Look at this:  MoDo's account of Obama's meeting with Sarkozy, entitled Stalking, Sniffing, Swooning.  Read all the way through it if you can.   You may first wish to take an anti-emetic.  It's more than a moderate dose of Dowd.

Sarkozy---excuse me, 'Sarko'---has a crush on Obama? 

Are They Right Yet? Notes on Some Right-Wing Blogs I Have Read

By Teh Nutroots | Re: New Change of  Management. Damozel's decided to give up running this blog, since BN-Politics keeps her too busy.  Just to make it clear, I am not a nice man.  Hence the name of this blog.

Speaking of people who aren't nice, let's jump over the fence and see what's doin' on the other side.

The following are my notes on the posts, paraphrased to catch what I believe is the essence of each posting.  I have provided links so that you can read the originals for yourself.

Did you kinow that Obama and no doubt soon-to-be-British PM David Cameron were caught talking when they thought the mikes were off?  It's true.  Damn, was it boring.

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Conservapedia: Awesome or Teh Suck?

by Teh Nutroots | Are these guys kidding?  Man, I love Conservapedia.  For one thing, it gives them a place other than Wikipedia to propagandize.  For another, it's endlessly entertaining. 

Although, as this post hints, its representation that it's "an encyclopedia you can trust" is a bit misleading in that it's an incomplete sentence.  It should be "An encyclopedia you can trust to confirm all your pre-packaged misconceptions, fallacies, and fundamental lapses in fairness and candor." 

But people who want news and information pre-filtered to "Just the news conservatives need to know"  deserve Fox News and Conservapedia.

Come on. Do you want those kids playing in the Big Kids' field or trying to swim in the deep end?  Be thankful for anything that keeps them on their own turf. If it weren't for those "sources," they'd find other ways to feed their preconceptions.   Awesome.

I'm With Stupid

by Blue Stockings | Why do people keep voting Republican?  Check this comic strip out.

Tweety Tears Conservative Radio Talk Show Host A New One

It's only fair to praise Matthews when he gets it right---right?  And he pretty much owns this guy (Kevin James).