Twisted Logic

Much has been made over Barack Obama's middle name.  The yahoos at the McCain/Palin rallies just love to refer to him as Barack Hussein Obama.  Clearly this is an attempt not only to portray him as 'other' but also to link him to that other Hussein (psst, you know which one). Saddam Hussein was an enemy of America.  Obama's middle name is Hussein.  Therefore Obama is an enemy of America.

Using that twisted logic, since my middle name is Edith, I must be a 'dingbat'.  Non-religious Hubby (middle name Peter) must have some hugely Catholic leanings or at some point caught a wolf by the tail.  And, Becki, have you been hanging around in Oz again with Rupert look-alike Toto, a scarecrow, a lion, and a tin man???

So the only conclusion we can come to, using this McCain campaign logic is that John McCain is gay.  His middle name is Sidney.  From 1981-1983 there was a TV show called Love, Sidney in which the title character, an artist played by Tony Randall, was gay.   There you have it. The character Sidney was gay.  McCain's middle name is Sidney.  Therefore McCain is gay.

My New Hero

For anyone who would argue that McCain is the NOT same as Bush, i.e. McSame (and I don't think anyone I know would actually argue that point),  I offer you Exhibit A: Carol Kreck (pictured above).  Kreck is a 60-year-old librarian who had the audacity to carry a hand-made sign reading "MCCAIN = BUSH" at a McCain campaign event in Denver.

Guess what happened.  Venue security, acting on a  request from McCain's staff (or the Secret Service, depending on who is telling the story), had this dangerous subversive removed from the Town Meeting and charged with trespassing.   Does this sound disturbingly familiar?  It should. We have already had nearly 8 years of  not-so-free speech under Bushwhack.  We don't need it for however many more years if McSame becomes president.

And in case anyone needs more evidence, this old familiar picture speaks for itself: