>barack blOwbama

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>A (Butt) Pirate’s Life For Me

>While it is not permitted to be gay in the navy (or army or marines for that matter), Paul Cadmus painted this 1934 painting called “This Fleets In!” that highlights the joys of seamen and semen, the fun part of navy life that doesn’t involve murdering others. At the time it was censored (over 70 years ago, and yet I can hardly believe we’ve changed a bit!), but it now sits proudly at the Washington Navy Yard’s Navy Art Gallery. I wonder if our fair leader Mr. Obama has seen the work?

>Where this badass bia belongs

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>Love to love you babyz

>Does anyone else think its getting a little hot in here with these boyz in Obama’s administration? Attach a sauna to the White House, and you’d have the best damn gay bath house on the east coast. Hail to the chief!

>Ms. Nina Simone

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>11/05/2008

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>You’re all i need (to win this election)

>New York Magazine said one interesting, 60’s related thing in their coverage of the convention last night:

Fourth, Michelle Obama played Tammi Terrell to the hilt. In their élan and their obvious affection for each other, Barack and Michelle recall Marvin and Tammi. And the Obamas’ call for an inspirational can-do liberalism echoes Democratic politics from the era of Motown, JFK, and Mad Men, just before the cultural and political breakdowns Barack Obama has campaigned on moving beyond. If Barack and Michelle can highlight the early-sixties vibe of their appeal, they’ll be a mainstream hit, which is why right-wingers are so eager to brand them as late-sixties-style radicals instead. Last night, Michelle launched that reintroduction. She related warm stories about her family, and her delivery was intense but graceful. And she wore a mint-green dress that bared her clavicle but not her knees.

>stupppppppid

>The New York Times on the Democratic National Convention:

” …aides to Mr. Obama are using the convention to tackle what members of both parties see as his greatest vulnerability with undecided voters: his “otherness.” “

Is the point to convince voters that different upbringings doesn’t equal terrorism, thereby expanding the parameters of “normal”, or is just to bring the candidate closer to inside the already hardened sphere of “normal”? Like getting a nose job, or changing his last name to Johnson. Presidential Candidate Barack Johnson the Third from Massachussetts.

>sex machine(s)

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>button up

>From Michael Kors, about the show Mad Men:

Style.com: I’m with you on all that, but it’s like—there are shows everyone watches, and then there are shows that resonate with the culture in a very profound way. Right now, “Mad Men” is that show. Do you think there’s something about that era of America that speaks to our present moment?

MK: Absolutely. Look at what’s happening in politics. Everyone’s heard the Obama/JFK comparisons, but they’re out there for a reason. And it’s not just because Barack Obama is a fit young guy with a gorgeous, accomplished wife. In 1960, America was coming out of a deeply conservative period, at a time when it felt threatened, and that’s the case again now. Our culture is schizophrenic in a way that wasn’t true back then, but there are lots of echoes. We need a new Camelot. We need our optimism back.