By Michael Crawford
Cross-posted at Bilerico

I don’t mean to offend drag queens when I ask that question, but look at this video from Progress Accountability and see for yourself.

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In response to the pathetic interview that John McCain did with the Washington Blade, Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese said:

It’s 2008, ‘some of my best friends are gay’ doesn’t work anymore. Sorry, we’ve already had one ‘compassionate conservative’ in the White House for eight years, we aren’t interested in another.

Right on Joe!

As you can see in this video produced by HRC, McCain has opposed every piece of pro-LGBT legislation that has come his way. He even supports the anti-gay state constitutional amendments pending in Arizona, California and Florida.

By Michael Crawford

Even as news is spreading across the internet and television about the defeat of the bailout bill in Congress and continued economic turmoil John McCain is getting ready for a massive Hollywood fundraiser on Wednesday.

You may remember that McCain pulled a media stunt last week when he claimed to have suspended his campaign to rush back to DC to deal with the economic problem. Of course, along the way McCain stopped off for an interview with Katie Couric, an opulent dinner with Joe Lieberman and lots of down time at his Beltway apartment.

The fundraiser sponsored by the McCain-Palin Victory California Leadership team comes only a few weeks after McCain harshly attacked Barack Obama for holding a fundraiser in L.A. “with his celebrity friends.” I am guessing that when McCain says “maverick” he really means hypocrite.

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By Michael Crawford

Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the McCain campaign’s top surrogates admitted on Fox News Sunday morning that Sen. Barack Obama did well in the presidential debate. Graham claimed in the discussion with Chris Wallace that he was “tired” and did little to try to spin a win for McCain.

Here is an excerpt from the transcript. View the video at Huffington Post.

WALLACE: McCain’s rating on being prepared to be president didn’t change. Obama had a 16-point jump on that same question. Senator Graham, McCain keeps saying Obama is not ready to lead, but according to several polls, voters watching the debate thought he was.

GRAHAM: I think there’s an 18-point difference between who is best able to do the job. We’ll take that.

KERRY: Well, let me –

WALLACE: What you’re saying is even though Obama got more of a bump –

GRAHAM: It’s Sunday, I’m tired. Senator Obama did well. Senator Obama helped himself.

WALLACE: You can’t be tired on Sunday morning, sir.

GRAHAM: Quite frankly, I thought he presented himself well, Senator Obama.

By Michael Crawford

No one would ever expect John McCain to win Ms Congeniality, but during the presidential debate he cemented his reputation as the Grumpiest Member of the Senate. He didn’t even try to hide his contempt for Barack Obam and refused to even look at him. That’s so not the kind of president we need negotiating with world leaders.

Check out this compilation edited by Jed Lewison of McCain’s most nostril-flaring moments. Cindy McCain should consider spending some of her cash on getting McCain some anger management classes.

Even John McCain’s friends are harshly criticizing his awful campaign strategy. Here is what Richard Holbrooke had to say:

In many states the voter registration deadline is rapidly. Don’t be left out. The race between Barack Obama and John McCain is in a virtual dead heat. But, when it comes to LGBT civil rights, they are as different as night and day: Obama supports LGBT people being treated equally under the law while McCain has opposed every pro-LGBT piece of legislation that has come his way.

Go to Vote for Change to register to vote, request to vote absentee or find your polling location.

By Michael Crawford

Andrew Sullivan appeared along with Naomi Klein and Will.I.Am on Real Time with Bill Maher and eviscerated Sarah Palin. Here is a taste:

She is a farce. It is a joke. It is absurd. It is something [McCain's pick] that should dismissed out of hand as the most irresponsible act any candidate has any made.

h/t: Joe.My.God

By Alex Blaze
Cross-posted at Bilerico

Patrick Sammon has an article up in the Washington Blade about why John McCain is good for LGBT people. I kid you not – even though he lied to The Advocate and said that LCR is focused first on LGBT rights in the Republican Party, he turns around and writes a column telling LGBT to vote for John McCain.

His reasons are hilarious, absolutely hilarious. But then he knows that he’s coming from an intellectually dishonest position in order to get new donors from the 23% of the LGBT community that voted for Bush in 2004 when LCR didn’t endorse him and that he has to push for a sub-par candidate.

His reasons and a few responses are after the jump.

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By Michael Crawford
Cross-posted at Bloggernista

Okay, we were told that there was no money to provide healthcare to poor kids, properly take of our soldiers who had their minds and bodies shattered in Iraq, fix our crumbling schools, repair our national infrastructure or rebuild New Orleans. But, now George Bush is requesting $700 billion to bail out the financial services industry that he, Dick Cheney, John McCain and the rest of the “of the rich, by the rich and for the rich” Republican Party has destroyed?

Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration on Friday laid out a radical bailout plan with a jawdropping price tag _ a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering institutions.

And, now John McCain, who is still in some economic Never-Neverland thinking the “fundamentals of our economy are strong,” wants our healthcare system to be more like the banking system.

Seriously?

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