In an uncharacteristic turn, this time it’s the Democrats that are gay-baiting a candidate, accusing famously anti-gay Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of being a closet case via this Village People ad. Conservative queer James Kirchick writes in the National Review: With prominent exceptions (the inquisition over Mark Foley and the anti-gay witch hunt that followed, Bill Clinton’s touting his support …

And it’s a doozy, displaying numerous examples of defaced Yes On 8 signs, vandalized homes and vehicles, and the infamous “Bigots Live Here” SUV. Oh, and lots and lots of babies.

Could this explain the great disparity between polls? Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight: The polls in the Cingular-y orange color include cellphones in their samples; the polls in gray do not. The cellphone polls have Obama ahead by an average of 9.4 points; the landline-only polls, 5.1 points. I did a radio hit the other afternoon with Mark DeCamillo of California’s …

Circuit City has begun their shutdown with 155 stores receiving notice over the weekend. No new stock will be delivered to the affected stores which will immediately begin “selling off” remaining items. Product warranties will be honored at other locations (although nobody knows how long the presently unaffected units will remain open). On Friday the New York Stock Exchange warned …

A final Freeper Prayer for the election: Lord, your word tells us that if two or more agree, what we bind on earth, will be bound in Heaven. Blind the Democrats who have the blood of innocents on their hands, and hold them accountable for the misery the perverse lifestyles cause the children of this land. Hold them responsible, I …

According to a survey by the UK’s Gay Times, 22% of British gay men have had plastic surgery and almost all the rest say they’d like to. Gay men in Britain are fuelling a surge in demand for plastic surgery, with a quarter admitting to having gone under the knife already. Despite the current economic crisis, the cosmetic surgery industry …

Via Advocate.com: Navya Shastra, the international Hindu reform organization based in Troy, Mich., sent out a press release Friday urging California voters to reject Proposition 8, which would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry under California law. The organization notes that Hinduism has never classified homosexuality as a sin. While some ancient law codes have been critical of …

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went on local San Francisco television on Friday to oppose Proposition 8. Pelosi has said that campaign finance laws prevent her from making an anti-8 advertisement because her name is on this year’s ballot, although her campaign did make a $10K donation.

The latest from the Courage Campaign.

Gay City News reports that voters in a New York state Senate district in Nassau County are getting robocalls falsely stating that the paper had endorsed the Democratic candidate. According to an email received from a voter in the Sixth Senate District, which is in western Nassau County on Long Island, voters are being informed that Gay City News supports …

Joe The Plumber questions Obama’s loyalty to the United States.

In an MTV interview scheduled to air twice today, Barack Obama repeats his contradictory position that he opposes gay marriage AND Proposition 8. Via Pam Spaulding: When an MTV viewer wanted to know what Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama thought of Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment on the 2008 California general-election ballot that would eliminate the right of same-sex …

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Describing it as the largest LGBT event to hit San Diego outside of gay Pride, our man Rex Wockner attended a huge anti-Prop 8 rally last night in that city’s biggest gayborhood. Between 7,000 and 10,000 people took to University Avenue in San Diego’s heavily gay Hillcrest district the evening of Nov. 1 to protest Proposition 8, the Nov. 4 …

Basketball hero Magic Johnson and retired San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young (through his wife) have both come out against Proposition 8. Via the No On 8 official site: Magic Johnson, enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame after winning five NBA championships as a Los Angeles Laker, and three Most Valuable Player awards, has lent his voice to the …

Yesterday Rex Wockner attended TheCall, a massive pro-Prop 8 rally at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium where Christianists prayed for an end to gay marriage in California. Wockner: The stage featured James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, ex-homosexuals telling their odd stories, a really good Christian rock band, and a barrage of other …

Some booing from the SNL audience at the beginning of the second clip, but otherwise he was well-received. It pains me to admit that John McCain does have some comedic chops.

A Canadian radio duo managed to convince Sarah Palin that French President Nicolas Sarkozy was on the line. Hilarity ensues. (Via – Boy Culture)

Tim Gill, the founder of software giant Quark and gay social network Connextion, has made a $100K matching donation to No On 8. Gill said “Proposition 8 needs all of our support to be defeated and protect marriage for gays and lesbians not just in California, but across the country. This amendment would eliminate the equal treatment of all Californians …