Barack Obama took a double-shot at John McCain's campaign today.

This commercial, entitled "His Choice," first highlights Republican McCain's repeated admissions that he's not that great with the economy. Those policy decisions, he once said, will be made by his vice-president, which leads to the titular line and a shot of Sarah Palin winking.

Vice-presidential candidates aren't typically attacked in campaign ads, but apparently Obama thinks that Palin, with her scads of bad press, is a ripe target. Fair enough, although we have to admit this advert left a bit of a bad taste in our mouth.

It's not simply the fact that Palin's painted as a bit of a dolt, a sentiment with which we agree, but that she's presented as a dismissive character, not an attitude to take with only the second female running mate in American history. But, what do we know? We're not campaign managers…

John McCain's political attacks are getting more subtle.

While the Republican's campaign previously shouted out against Barack Obama, especially with regard to "domestic terrorist" William Ayers," those negative attacks eroded some of the Senator's support.

Now, in an effort to undercut Obama and maintain some resemblance of respectability, McCain's taking a less heavy-handed angle with two key words "socialism" and "welfare."

The s-word came up a number of times this weekend as McCain derided his opponent's economic plans.

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Fox News man Bill O'Reilly and homo-politico Barney Frank got into it big time during last night's The O'Reilly Factor, during which O'Reilly called Frank a "coward" and Frank called the pundit a "bully." The men were discussing our nation's current financial crisis.

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John McCain appeared on Fox News this morning and announced he may again "suspend" his campaign as the nation attempts to save itself from economic turmoil.

Said the Republican, "I'll do whatever I can do to make this thing work… I will continue to do whatever is necessary and I will put my presidential campaign on the back burner if necessary and do anything. It's far more important to help the economy of this country… I will do whatever I think is necessary to be effective." McCain claims to have suspended his campaign last week, but in fact continued to press his platform across the country.

Aside from the utter ridiculousness of McCain's political shenanigans, this latest "suspension" threat suggests that McCain not only doesn't respect America's political process, but the American voter. How can someone claim they want to lead the nation and then cower behind stunts and suspensions as our economy falls apart? This is absolutely disgraceful.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell gets fresh life today. And it's not a military matter.

A number of shareholders will tomorrow ask the board of Well Fargo to remove sexual orientation from their anti-discrimination policy. Rather than railing entirely against "gay sins," as Ken Hutcherson did against Microsoft, these clever little homophobes insist that "gay" can't be seen, like race, and therefore fagalas should just keep a lid on it:

Whereas, it is similarly inappropriate and legally problematic for employees to discuss personal sexual matters while on the job.

Whereas, unlike the issues of race, age, gender and certain physical disabilities, it would be impossible to discern a person's sexual orientation from their appearance.

Whereas, unless an employee chooses to talk about their sexual interests or activities while working, the issue of sexual orientation is, essentially, moot.
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Whereas, the Armed Forces of the United States is one of the largest and most diverse organizations in the world. They protect the security of us all while adhering to a "don't ask, don't tell policy" regarding sexual interests.

You can be sure, of course, that the shareholders' resolution brings up a bit of Biblical reference, saying that all three major religions "condemn" gay ways.

This isn't the first time Well Fargo has felt the anti-gay backlash. Focus On The Family ended their business relations in 2005 after the bank contributed dough to GLAAD, which the Christian right basically regards as a Satanic covenant.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson's resignation yesterday brought back memories of the politico's questionable economic rationale:

Asked about the problems with subprime mortgages last June, Jackson insisted that many such [high-risk, high-cost] borrowers were not unsophisticated, low-income people but what he called "Yuppies, Buppies and Guppies" - well-educated, young, black and gay upwardly mobile achievers - with expensive cars who bought $400,000 homes with little or no money down.

At least we don't shoulder all the blame, right?

Lesbian money guru Suze Orman told Larry King last night that she's more concerned with a equality-minded president than simple economics. And the politics are coughing up the goods:

ORMAN: …No bones about it, I want a Democrat to win.

KING: Now, why? Historically, I thought Republicans helped the economy.

ORMAN: Yes. But, you know, I'm more than just somebody for the economy. I'm somebody for the people. And I have a true belief that, you know, that Senator Clinton or Barack Obama - Senator Obama - would be more helpful.

Especially for somebody like me. I mean it is�it is no secret that, you know, I'm in a same sex relationship and have been for a long time. And I would like to see a president give the rights for somebody like me to be able to leave my partner all the money I've accumulated without estate tax.

Estate tax is especially important to Orman, she says, because she and her girlfriend have a combined gajillion-billion dollars and they don't want the government getting none of it!

San Francisco's gay families defy stereotypes.

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