CAMPAIGN TALES!
•Emasculated. The Reverend Jesse Jackson threatened to cut off Barack Obama’s family jewels because he disagrees with Obama’s position on faith-based initiatives. Jesse made his statement during a break in taping a recent “Fox News Sunday” and he didn’t realize that his microphone was live. Hey Jesse, your jealousy is showing because Obama’s gone farther than you ever did in your presidential aspirations. You are yesterday’s news and a generation behind and it’s about time a new generation takes control of this country.
•What do you do when your own campaign doesn’t get your message right and, well, then you get your own message wrong? Recently John McSame’s spokesperson, Carly Fiorina, she spoke in front of a group of women and said that McSame thinks it’s unfair that insurance companies are required to pay for Viagra for men but not birth control for women and that he would address that issue when he becomes president. Later McSame was approached by a reporter concerning his stance and he agreed the inequality exists. He was then approached by yet another reporter about his vote to drop the birth control requirement. His response: he’ll have to get back on that issue.
•McSame’s chief financial adviser, Phil Gramm, said the nation’s recession is a mental one. “You’ve heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession. We may have a recession; we haven’t had one yet. We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline.” This, of course, is not McSame’s stance on the economy, but McSame has stated in the past that Phil Gramm could become Secretary of the Treasury if he wins the presidency. Is anybody running the McSame campaign or is it on autopilot and going in all directions until totally derailed? McCain immediately distanced himself from Phil Gramm's statement but did not remove him as a campaign advisor.
•California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger stated on ABC’s “This Week” that when Obama becomes president he would be willing to work with the new president any way he can. Not if but when! Does Arnold know something we all don’t know yet or is it just wishful thinking like the rest of us?
•John McSame showed once again that he’s running for Bush’s third term when he declared that he was against gay adoption. In an interview in The Wonk Room, McSame stated, “I think that we've proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no I don’t believe in gay adoption.” Gay adoption is permitted in every state except Florida. Is John McSame too old to be president? Yes, according to Virginia Bailey, a 73 year-old Republican who claims that she, herself, is not as sharp as she used to be ten years ago. That very well could be true, as McSame admitted that he needs others to find information for him on the Internet since he’s computer illiterate. He’s also recently been talking about the country of Czechoslovakia, which itself hasn’t existed as a country for about 15 years (it’s a shame that Joe Lieberman isn’t always around to correct him). Though McSame can’t use a computer, I’m sure he's an expert cooking on a wood-burning stove.
•The New Yorker Magazine’s latest cover, a caricature of Barack Obama (dressed in Muslim garb) and his wife Michelle (looking like ‘60s activist Angela Davis and touting a AK-47 automatic rifle) standing in the Oval Office with a painting of Osama Bin Laden on the wall and a burning American flag in the fireplace, has caused a stir. The two are shown giving each other, as Faux News Channel originally described it, “a terrorist fist jab”. According to sources at The New Yorker, the cover shot was to lead to an article that dispels rumors about Barack and his wife. Though I applaud The New Yorker for their efforts to dispel these rumors (especially since the latest polls show that 12% of Americans still believe that Obama is a Muslim), I think they could have done a better job than startling the readers. Both the Obama and the McSame campaigns have condemned the cover, but you can be sure that secretly the McSamers are thrilled that the cover reinforces the image of Obama that they wish to convey.
A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING!
A large number of gay couples getting married in California are telling their wedding guests to just say no to gifts and instead make a donation to fight California’s Proposition 8. Prop 8 will be on the upcoming California ballot to make gay marriage illegal in the state. Most of the gay couples getting married have already lived together for many years and don’t need another blender or microwave, so a donation to fight Prop 8 makes perfect sense.
THE MOUTH THAT KEEPS ON SPEWING!
Outgoing, loud-mouthed, hate-spewing Fort Lauderdale Mayor, Jim Snuggle, is at it again! In a recent radio interview he was asked to comment on two gay candidates for mayor to replace him. He replied that he felt that a “responsible homosexual” could become mayor. He then went back to his fag-bashing ways about how he cleaned up gay sex in the restrooms and parks and all that crap that made him an embarrassment to our city worldwide last fall. Yes, elections are getting closer and this Democrat (yes, Democrat) needs to get his base together for a possible congressional run since term limitations forbid him to run for mayor again. Well, I hope he does run, and I hope he rides John McSame’s coattails right into the political abyss. Anyway, television cameras were outside Georgie’s Alibi to get responses from the gay community and included was Hotspots’ own Pompano Bill. Like a friend told me, when you walk into your living room and there’s Pompano Bill on a 60” plasma screen, it could be quite startling!
SOUTH CAROLINA IN NOT GAY!
While other areas of the world are touting gay tourism, South Carolina doesn’t want gays to visit their state. Recently a state tourism agency, realizing the value of the gay dollar, took out ads in the U.K. (to coincide with London’s gay pride) that said, “South Carolina is So Gay”. However, when state officials found out about the ads, they refused to pay for them. Other destinations included in the joint advertising campaign were Atlanta, Boston and New Orleans.
