Good start, Alex! Now, we need to use this against those who slyly (they think) imply Obama's a [less-than-ultra-masculine epithet here] and ask them why they see that in Obama -- as in, 'are you projecting your denied sexuality on him?' In other words, use their words to impugn them. Who knows, it could be a LOT of cathartic fun!

Hazumu Osaragi

10. "The Gay gaze" Obama looks into a camera.

He appears to be smiling in his eyes at all times.

Ron Reagan aka "the great communicator" always looked four inches beneath the camera lens.

It is nice that Tucker Carlson has given up those prisy bowties. What is his position now that Jon Stewart got him laughed off the air?

I thought Stewart got him laughed off CNN, and then he got picked up and given a show at MSNBC. Because there aren't enough people in the US to find someone new to give a show to. It has to be the same clique over and over again.

But now he isn't on there anymore, but he's being kept around as a commentator. In other words, he's another Pat Buchanan or Ann Coulter.

Hazumu~ Cathartic fun? That's my fave kind of fun!

And a lot of them are totally making up for their own failed masculinities and sexual longings, I'm sure. But I don't know why it is that they're all given jobs on the teevee or in the paper!

Since these commentators are unable or unwilling to discuss Senator Obama's political ideas and vision for the future of the country, they resort to personal attacks. They know that they would never get away with racist comments, although some have tried, so they attack his being an intellectual and an eloquent speaker and equate those traits with somehow his being gay, still a politically correct method in some circles to denigrate someone.

I hope the American people are smart enough to see through this smokescreen and to see it for what it really is.

There was an article a few months ago in Newsweek, "The First Woman President? Obama's campaign bends gender conventions" http://www.newsweek.com/id/115397/page/1

The author (I use that term lightly) claimed that Obama is the first serious woman candidate, Hillary Clinton was seen as more traditional male and authoritarian, and finally regarding John McCain, "Despite the gender-bending styles displayed by Obama and Clinton, McCain's manner of exercising leadership is an androgynous and rare activity."

If John McCain is androgynous, I'm renouncing my membership as an androgyne!

Absolutely, zythyra!

Clinton proposes policy solutions to every problem. She has the answers, fulfilling our expectations of an aspiring authority figure and the brightest person in the class.

She's masculine because she's smart and understands policy!

oh, and this:

While Obama has tried to combine optimism and realism, John McCain is the only candidate in the race who has consistently delivered messages that his constituents did not want to hear.

That's why he's pandered on every major issue out there.

Like I said up top, it always seems that this sort of gender analysis leads to Republicans.

Great start, Alex. I'm glad to see this is getting picked up elsewhere. Hopefully, you'll continue the series.

Here's another shining example of this sort of thing, from syndicated Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker. The first sentence is "Well, at least they didn't kiss" (referring to the Obama/Edwards endorsement event) and goes downhill from there.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603275.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

What about the one of James Carville that was reported on Huffington post and others that if Hillary gave Obama one of her "cojones" then they would each have two

I was going to mention Carville and how he insinuated that Obama is missing a testicle and Clinton has three! Sheesh. Too much of this homophobia is coming right from the Clinton campaign, like Carville, and that union guy saying that Clinton has the testicular fortitude we need (meaning that Obama doesn't), you already mentioned pansygate, and don't forget Clinton herself during bittergate, did she simply state that he made these comments at a fundraiser? No, she made damn sure people were aware that the fundraiser was in SAN FRANCISCO *blow that dog whistle*.

What's wrong with being gay?

everything, gaynonymous. Everything.

Of course, Camp Hillary knows that Obama CAN'T get too aggressive, or he'll be the next Willie Horton, the horrible bogey-man who might break into your house. When? 3 a.m. of course, just like in her not-too-subtle TV ad. Nice goin', Hill. That's why "hard-working white Americans who didn't complete college" love ya. (Say, wouldn't it be easier just to say "crackers?")

The notion that Hillary ever wanted to have an issues-dominated campaign is, as the old folks say, malarkey. The notion that she's a hard-working policy wonk with all this experience is, as the old folks say, bushwah. For the life of me, I don't see how she was qualified to even run for senator from New York. No, being a cuckholded wife doesn't qualify her. Not that she was ever cuckholded, mind you.

Last week on McLaughlin Group Monica called him a "girlie man". This is not liberal show but really, McLaughlin should be able to find better right wing commentators than someone using these tactics.