We're in love with Carol Kreck, the 61-year old woman arrested at a John McCain town hall meeting for holding a sign equating the Republican nominee with our current president, George W. Bush.

After being told by secret service to leave - because, you know, freedom of speech has no place in a national presidential election - Kreck begged the million dollar question, "Why would Republicans who voted for Bush find it offensive that McCain = Bush?" Why, oh why, indeed?!

Watch as Rachel Maddow, who's headlining MSNBC's Countdown this week, and journo James Moore shoot the shit on this sure-to-stink controversy. They also discuss how McCain's campaign screens liberal media.

The moral of the story is that John McCain and his cohorts think they can bully the American people and press. Maybe Kreck had a point…

The gays have loads of reasons to hate on President George W. Bush.

He and his cronies did, after all, use us for political gain and continue to poo-poo on the idea of same-sex marriage.

Despite all that, however, Bush does deserve some lavender love, says activist David Benkof:

It is unquestionable that George W. Bush has done more to fight HIV/AIDS than any president in American history, including Clinton. The people pushing Bush to fight the epidemic at home and abroad are overwhelmingly conservative Christians — the same people we keep hearing gay leaders tar as narrow-minded and bigoted. Well, those narrow-minded bigots (who never had the president's ear during the Clinton administration) deserve far more credit for relieving suffering from HIV in this decade than gay men and lesbians did in the previous two decades combined.

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It's official: former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's the official Republican whipping boy. With the right wing aligning against him - and their "body snatcher" argument - we suspected that Bush backers would begin to question McClellan's sexuality. And, according to Down With Tyranny's reading, former prostitute turned fake reporter Jeff Gannon's doing the dirty work:

…Today the first shot in that direction from the Bush Regime's in-house male prostitute, [Jeff Gannon]: "What I hear about the book does not sound like the Scott McClellan I knew for two years. I can say without fear of contradiction, that I knew Scott better than any other White House correspondent or Washington reporter."

We're not sure if Gannon's remarks are intended to queer McClellan, but they sure as shit don't help his situation. Well, not on the Republican side.

As for us - we'd love it if McClellan were a big homo. In fact, we'd prefer it!

George W. Bush appeared in Colorado Springs yesterday to speak at an Air Force Academy graduation ceremony. And, as you can see, he got all brotherly with one of the cadets.

Will America ever have another president who prefers chest bumping to handshakes? We seriously hope not - don't want anyone overshadowing Bush's adorable immaturity.

Gay fearing Byron Butler provides a great segue into another kooky, confused old man: John McCain! The Republican presidential candidate's currently on day four of his "Service To America" tour, an attempt to prove his hawkish, conservative chops to a wobbly electoral base. He's walking a fine line, however, by supporting the war and keeping a distance from President Bush, who started the Iraqi disaster.

Such comparisons have long dogged Senator McCain, and yesterday he unequivocally rejected any equation between him and George W. Bush: "I'm not running on the Bush presidency. I'm running on my own service and my vision for the future."

McCain must need glasses, because we see a man who's largely in step with Bush, particularly with regard to us gays.

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Death and carnage are sooo inspiring!

Huffington Post journo and Queerty chum Nico Pitney made this nightmarish mosaic of John McCain and George W. Bush using faces of the 4,000 U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq. Writes Pitney: "In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us — and the two men who would continue this great tragedy, despite the cost to our soldiers, our military, and our nation."

He also notes that he couldn't obtain photos of all the soldiers, so he did have to use some duplicates. Regardless, it's a pretty disturbing piece.

While we're on the subject of music, some clever kids put together this melodic tribute to our dim witted president.

Isn't it great that we can all laugh at our nation's misfortune?

George W. Bush gave Congress a big, torturous middle finger this week.

The tiresome President vetoed a bill that would prevent CIA agents from using harsh interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding.

Said Bush in his radio address: "…Congress recently sent me an intelligence authorization bill that would diminish these vital tools [to stop terrorism]. So today, I vetoed it…" The president also described controversial techniques as "valuable".

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Nico Pitney's more than a pretty face.

The Tokyo-born, California-bred 26 year old currently works as Huffington Post's National Editor, but traces his occupational origins to more activist endeavors at the Center for American Progress.

Editor Andrew recently sat down with Pitney to discuss the intersection of journalism and activism, the state of the conservative movement and how there's no such thing as objective reporting.

Read all about it, after the jump…

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So, John McCain's now the official GOP presidential nominee. And that nomination will only get more official this afternoon, when President Bush will reportedly endorse the Senator's candidacy.

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Dear America,
You don't like me, I don't like you, so I'm just going to chill here in Africa for a while.

I love it here! It's like a candy shop and I'm a kid, y'all!
No hugs, no kisses,
Georgie.