This could well be, but that would be coincidental — it also involves Bush Administration-style politicizing of things and ineptitude by those people. Not that Dems have not done that; if anything they have been much worse, in government, media (obviously), and academia (notoriously, too). But this was similar to the Bush people wanting to act against, say, providing birth control as part of health care assistance to the Third World. Not merely abortion, but contraception.

(Which continues to this day — white Southerners are a PC target for negative stereotyping to outright hatred, same as with Religious Right members; Obama, where is your outreach)

Believe it ot not, even when the South was still racist and wrong, they were subjected to unwarranted abuse by people whose comportment was in no way honorable. (The same goes for the Viet Cong and USSR-sympathetic Vietnam War opponents.)

Can't goals be pursued in an intelligent and patiently progressive rather than in a neurotic, childish, or worse manner? Can't you face reality today and wait until January? (Some _civilized_ questioning of Obama and McCain and involvement with Democratic Party platform expected and understood, naturally.)

Look beyond your noses!

I have always wonder why so many allegedly gay men decided to study Arabic when the Arab culture is so anti-homosexual. I suspect that many of the 58 just used a claim of homosexuality to get out of their obligation and make more money in a safer environment in the private sector.