Guess what? McCain's rich, and he also probably cheated at the Saddleback Church forum. As the Huffington Post notes, a man's shoes say quite a bit about him. MCCAIN'S HOMES Phoenix $4.6 million Coronado, CA $2.1 million Sedona, AZ $1.9 million Coronado, CA $2.7 million La Jolla, CA $1 million Arlington, VA $847,000 Of course there's nothing wrong with having money, but there's something to be said about how you treat it, as this new clip from Brave New Films illustrates: Two more new clips, AFTER THE JUMP... The DNC released the web ad above yesterday. And below, Keith Olbermann's report on McCain's "cone of silence" during ...

What exactly is the definition of "doddering old fool"?John McCain (n. jän mc cān) American politician. "Justice Ginsberg, Justice Breyer, Justice Souter, and Justice Stevens."The four justices he wouldn't have appointed to the US Supreme Court. Note: He voted for the confirmation of Ginsberg, Breyer, and Souter. ...

John McCain has been one of the most corrupt politicians in the history of the Senate. He was deeply involved in the Keating Five scandal, where he showed favoritism to a disreputable savings and loan. Favoritism to dishonest S&Ls led to a financial crisis and a taxpayer bailout of over $200 billion.McCain's pro Iraq war stance is an extreme example of his political corruption. It proves that he is completely bought and paid for by campaign contributions from Big Oil, mercenary corporations, and other war profiteers. But, what about personal greed? Here's an explanation of why a kept ...

An interesting comment from a reader about my earlier post on the controversial contribution to John McCain's presidential campaign by Jonathan Crotchley, the co-founder and chairman of the gay hook-up site Manhunt: Let's see if I understand your point, Chris.... ...

Who knew that John McCain had ties to the gay hook-up website, Manhunt? Last week co-founder, Jonathan Crutchley, was asked to resign after the bloggers uncovered that Crutchley made the maximum donation to the McCain campaign. Crutchley once told Out Magazine that his company brings in nearly $2.4 million each month from gay men, so now he is being criticized for supporting McCain who many say has become "anti-gay" to win over the "religious right." "I believe McCain will be a better commander in chief than Obama, who also opposes gay marriage. If we have an experienced, seasoned person ...

*** This video is about John McCain and and his questionable ability to lead the nation. It is produced by Plisko1 of YouTube and Media Crashers. I found this one on via the cool blog GLH Playground. Barack Obama wouldn’t dare make a TV ad like this. He takes the high road on the campaign. That’s all good but we know that sometimes being too nice can be detrimental and that’s not a good thing. That’s why it’s up to us to spread the unsatisfactory truths. If that’s called the low road, then I’m not above ...

Since we (unfortunately) have been offline for several days, let's get up to speed with the latest on L'Affair Manhunt. Republican presidential heir nominee John McCain returns the $2300 contribution donated by Manhunt.net co-founder and chairman of Jonathan Crutchley—seen above... ...

You thought I’d given up on religion.  Not so!  I can prove it, and you don’t even have to have faith.  1) Even though John McCain didn’t show up until a half-hour into the event, pastor Rick Warren assures us that the former POW didn’t break the so-called “cone of silence” of which pastor Rick assured the viewers.  We were supposed to believe that Obama and McCain didn’t know the questions in advance of the “Whose Got Jesus Fever?” event, but we’ll just have to take John and Rick’s word that McCain didn’t listen in beforehand.  Pastor Rick said ...

Barack Obama and John McCain appeared at the Saddleback Church for a sit down interview with Pastor Rick Warren today.I don't even know where to begin. Why is a church hosting political candidates? Why are political candidates stumping in a church? I realize the church wasn't advocating one over the other, however, this is perilously close to making me question their tax exempt status.I am seriously irrationally upset about this. I don't know if it's over the arrogance of the pastor thinking that he should be preaching politics to his flock or just the distaste I have for any religion/politics ...

The July fundraising numbers are out and Barack Obama continues to kick John McCain's pale white butt!From Politico.com:McCain revealed Friday that he raised $27 million last month, his best month of the campaign.The summer surge pushed Obama over the $400 million mark for what he's raised over the entire campaign, to $401 million. McCain has raised about $171 million, less than half as much.Obama finished July with $68.5 million cash on hand, versus $21 million for McCain.And there's more good news for Democrats, for the first time in years, the DNC outraised the RNC, $27.7 million to $26 ...

Hat tip to Coffee House Studio.From the Boston Herald 8/16/08:A simple $2,300 donation to presumptive Republican nominee John McCain from a founder of a local gay hookup Web site has gays and politicos alike recoiling from the eyebrow-raising alliance.Jonathan Crutchley, co-creator of the Cambridge-based Manhunt.net, stepped down as chairman of the company yesterday after a whirlwind of events that began with his maximum allowable donation to McCain.“Politically, it was just off-base, with the whole feeling over here at Manhunt,” said site co-creator Larry Basile yesterday, pointing out McCain’s views against adoption by gay couples and same-sex ...

By Hillary Chabot, Boston HeraldA simple $2,300 donation to presumptive Republican nominee John McCain from a founder of a local gay hookup Web site has gays and politicos alike recoiling from the eyebrow-raising alliance.Jonathan Crutchley, co-creator of the Cambridge-based Manhunt.net, stepped down as chairman of the company yesterday after a whirlwind of events that began with his maximum allowable donation to McCain.“Politically, it was just off-base, with the whole feeling over here at Manhunt,” said site co-creator Larry Basile yesterday, pointing out McCain’s views against adoption by gay couples and same-sex marriage.“Boy, was I embarrassed when I found out ...

Manhunt.net co-founder, Jonathan Crutchley, donated the maximum allowance of $2300 to John McCain’s presidential campaign. Manhunt members started dropping their subscriptions like flies. McCain denounced his approval of the donation by not responding to media calls. The McCain campaign told Crutchley they’re returning his money. Crutchley — then promissed to give it to Obama. If you’ve haven’t heard this story yet, then you’ve been looking at too much non-text content online lately. So, put your hands on the keyboard and listen up The donation made by Crutchley took place this past March. Why all the waves now, five months later? Out ...

As we draw closer to to the big election, John McCain starts hitting Obama below the belt in this ad that comes off as feeling like an entertainment news story: Oh McCain, your jealousy is outraging. People don't just like Barack because of his "dreamy" looks and celebrity-like charisma...They like ... ...

There are some topics that we can argue over until the sun runs out of hydrogen and never make any headway. Abortion is one of these topics. There is no use debating this topic. People have already made up their minds. The problem with John McCain’s position is that he would try to force all women to conform to his viewpoint. Women should be given the support and information necessary to make abortions truly a rare evident as Barack Obama said. ShareThis ...

. . . Cauã Raymond on the novela (nighttime soap) "A Favorita" (see below) Three guesses who won the staring contest between me and the b.f. over what to watch tonight. But I am at least catching John McCain's Q&A... ...

I hope my gay Republican friends pay close heed to the very disturbing answer that John McCain gave tonight on marriage. Much of it was not new, including his generous willingness to allow gay Americans in relationships to enter into... ...

The bubbling controversy over the $2,300 contribution to John McCain from a co-founder of the gay hookup site Manhunt.net offers a classic example of the way idelogical intolerance sucks the life out of meaningful gay political debate. When word first... ...

I never thought I'd say this, but: Paris Hilton has done something cool!And by the way, John McCain has done the unimaginable: seeming sillier than Paris Hilton... (And while McCain and Hilton continue fighting, Obama keeps looking presidental...) ...

I try really hard not to get to political on here, unless something really annoys me. It seemed today politics wouldn’t leave me alone, and now I have to vent. First I read over at Raging Rainbows this morning about John McCain giving an interview about picking a potential VP. You can read it in The Weekly Standard. What annoyed me were the following quotes about what would and wouldn’t be acceptable in a VP candidate . . . “I think that the pro-life position is one of the important aspects or fundamentals of the Republican Party,” McCain said. ...