Journo John Ridley today took on people's claims that Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama because they're both black. In debunking those arguments, Ridley points out that Powell has never endorsed previous - and less famous - black candidates in the past.

The commentator then provides this run down:

…A person of color has run for the White House in every presidential election over the last 24 years: Jesse Jackson in 1984 and 1988. Gov. Douglas Wilder of Virginia in 1992. Former ambassador and conservative activist Alan Keyes of Maryland in 1996 and 2000. Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois and the Rev. Al Sharpton of New York in 2004.

Ridley's argument reminded us of something - there is another black man in this race: Keyes, who must be feeling pretty low right now. Because, you know, if Powell endorsed Obama because he's black, Keyes got the shaft.

(Also, don't forget Cynthia McKinney, the black Congresswoman who's currently running on the Green Party ticket.)

Alan Keyes gets an "A" for effort this electoral season. The legendarily wacky Republican presidential candidate very rarely makes headlines, nor does anyone seem to be voting for him, but that hasn't stop the hateful politico from voicing his archaic opinion on policy issues, like gay marriage.

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Maine-based pastor Grant Swank wrote an unflattering Barack Obama review over at Alan Keyes' Renew America. Isn't that some sort of conflict of interest considering Keyes' laughable presidential campaign?

Anyway, here's Swank's fire-and-brimstone-laden take on the Senator from Illinois:

Obama's pretty face is going to get America into a lot of trouble. He's smooth and liberal. He's young and liberal. He's clever and liberal.

…We certainly don't want an Obama left-of-left reign of terror.

Obama will install sodomy as every homosexual's right. He will ensconce killing womb babies, including partial-birth abortion, as the daily poster child in-your-face.

"Womb babies"? That's a new one.

Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes dedicates one of his platform issues to "homosexual rights".

We've underlined some of our favorite parts: In terms of civil rights discrimination, it is wrong to treat sexual orientation like race, for race is a condition beyond the individual's control. Sexual orientation, however, involves behavior, especially in response to passion.

If we equate sexual orientation and race, we are saying that sexual behavior is beyond the individual's control and moral will. We cannot embrace such an understanding of civil rights without denying the human moral capacity, and with it the fitness of human beings for life in a free society.

The effort to equate homosexual and lesbian relations with legal marriage represents a destructive assault on the heterosexual, marriage-based family.

Keyes is, to our knowledge, the only presidential candidate to include a specific section criticizing the queers. And, no, he does not mention the fact that he disowned his lesbian daughter. He does, however, invoke her name to highlight his "family man" attributes.

One has to admire, Keyes, though: he's been a failed politician for nearly twenty years now and he just won't quit. He simply doesn't realize that the United States thinks he's a fucking clown. Or maybe he likes it that way.

Looking for a positively frightful Halloween costume? Perhaps Part Two of The 20 Most Frightful Anti-Gay Activists can be of assistance…

Be warned, however, these folks aren't for the faint of heart…

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Monsters and ghouls roam this American land, friends. Some of the most frightening ghouls in history currently stalk our streets, looking for gay souls to squash and civil rights to crash. Since sequels always have more gore, we're featuring some of the foulest, gnarliest anti-gay activists. And, as you can see, we're starting with the most hellish homo-hater: Fred Phelps.

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Sifting through the Republican presidential candidates can give a homo a headache. As a public service, Salon's published their first ever "Gay Guide to the Republican Candidates."

Here's a sample from the entry on the newest Republican candidate, Alan Keyes:

A perennial political candidate and former State Department employee, Keyes announced his candidacy in mid-September. It has all the markings of a moral crusade, with gays and lesbians in the crosshairs. "Abandon God with respect to the family, and we have no claims to rights," he announced at the Values Voter Debate, during a discussion of same-sex marriage.

He has called homosexuality the practice of "hedonistic self-gratification," and described Vice President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter Mary as a "selfish hedonist." After his own daughter, Maya Marcel-Keyes, announced she was a lesbian, she said he stopped funding her college education.

Keyes could take a lesson from San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, who reversed his anti-gay stance after his daughter came out.

Remember when High Point Church refused to hold homo Cecil Sinclair's funeral? Well, Selwyn Duke, who writes for Alan Keyes' Renew America, had this to say:

…You'll have to forgive my lack of benevolence toward the bereaved, but just how dull are these people? Even if you're a confirmed secularist, shouldn't you at least suspect that a Christian church just might have a problem with overt displays of homosexuality?

God, those gays are just so stupid! How dare they think a "Christian" organization, which pledges to spread its love to all of "God's creatures", would even consider extending the same respect to a butt fucker! Must be all the AIDS destroying their brains.

Conservatives can't stand the recent gay victor in Massachusetts, where legislators voted 151-45 to dismiss a right-wing plot to place a gay marriage amendment on the 2008 ballot.

As part of their never-ending battle to right the "wrong" of same-sex marriage in the bay state, the nut jobs are accusing liberal (eeks!) lawmakers of hijacking the government and ignoring voters. J. Matt Barber, however, doesn't think alleged democratic irresponsibility's frightening enough to scare conservatives straight.

So, what's a "concerned citizen" to do? Make a monster out of gay marriage. Literally.

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