I may be presumptive here, but I'm guessing it's more than your faulty “gaydar”.

And I've been teased by my bi-friends about not being able to spot homosexuals. They go into great detail about “lipstick lesbians” and “bulldykes”, “masculine male gay traits” vs their “girl” friends..

Etc.

These are terms that up until just a couple of years ago, before I moved to an area where there are a lot of gays, I had no clue about. I'm borrowing the vernacular.

And from the description my gay friends have given me, Obama would be setting off alarm bells in nearly every social gathering in San Franscisco. Again, according to them.

If he wants an education, let him go to west-side DC (Washington, DC, metro) where at my friend and my favorite Thai resturant there and if we watch everyone walk by, we'll see all shapes, sizes, colors, whatever. (My friend is involved in the GBLT community there as one of her activist interests along with, for example, animal rescue and supporting PETA.) That includes all kinds of politics; I joked with many of her conservative gay friends at get-togethers early after 2000 (before the Iraq occupation setbacks provided any legitimate excuses) about how stupid and predictable so much Bush-bashing was, along with the Reaganesque hatred.

It's just that sometimes the hypocricy of some of these people get under my skin. I mean, there were complaints (some valid) from Hillary supporters that the Obama campaign and their backers were misogynistic in their attacks on Ms. Clinton. Fair enough. But if you're going to make those charges, it's very odd to see comments like:

Michelle looks almost as stunning as Barack, but he's definitely the diva in that photo.

So calling Barack Obama a “diva” isn't offensive, is it? Oh, nooooo. Perish the thought! Sil isn't a homophobe… of course not! He LOVES gay people but is just wringing his hands in concern over the poor Democrats who will lose the election because of all those OTHER homophobes out there when they “find out Obama is gay” on the word of such a sterling citizen as Sinclair.

They hypocritical attitude of the Hillary supporters on this Sinclair thing is jaw dropping. And, for the few chattering about this who haven't gotten the memo yet, the media has already vetted Sinclair from hell to breakfast and found no meat on the bone. No announcement about it in September by the Republicans, even if they were foolish enough to try it, is going to see the light of day in the media nor bring more than a collective yawn from the voters who will see yet another tabloid story.

I understand how desperately they want to find a wedge to push some superdelegates over to Hillary before the convention, but this has got to be the saddest “strategy” in the history of politics. You'd do better pushing the “whitey tape” again.

Gag me with a spoon! (when a black guy such as myself uses Valley Girl talk, the apocalypse is nigh).

Furthermore whether one is in the closet or not is none of your business. Do you tell everyone you meet that you are straight or gay or bi (or whatever you are)? Or if you are straight, do you just assume that everyone knows you're straight?

Stop with your nonsense.

This is probably the year.

It's a nice photo of the Obamas. Michelle in that photo reminds me of the librarian at the bookstore in Detroit I've visited numerous times (sentence left deliberately ambiguous). Psst — she's … _black_.

“how effete Obama looks compared to the 'traditional man' McCain?”

He looks metrosexual. Do you realize that appeals to the young as well as to many women? As for us ordinary guys, he's almost criminally thin; we're green not with environmentalist leanings but with envy. “Rolled armor,” “insulation,” call it what I want, there's too much of it around my waistline, particularly when I'm sitting, and I'm glad the guy can stay in great shape. And he's a Pretty Boy, too. The under-45s and particularly the under-30s are probably owned by him this year.

And DLS, that photo was taken in 2005:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/obama-about-to...

Nothing? You don't think the artistry of the two photos side by side means to compare how effete Obama looks compared to the “traditional man” McCain? OK, I guess I'm the only being in the universe that believes subliminal messages can be delivered this way.. *triple sigh*

OK, fair enough, don't believe me. Just show the picture to one of your gay friends, or if you are gay, just be candid and open. Then report back with your honest and accurate assessment of whether or not the photo makes Obama look gay.

Be honest now. Wishful thinking will get you nowhere when the GOP opens fire.

Fox: Once more he is engaging in “outreach.” Let the worst extremist lefties go.

(Fox is simply less liberal than the other news sources, which stands out boldly.)