Against my better judgment, I spent some time in foreign territory this evening. Enticed by The Political Teen's What's the Problem with Intelligent Design?, I bravely entered a rightwing blog.
Things were going quite well. Turns out, I wasn't the lone voice from the left. In a tag-team fashion, we answered the blogger's query. Overcome with a sense of blather ennui, I glanced to the side to see if the ads on the darkside look like the stuff we have.
For the most part, it's just like our stuff - but opposite.
* I love Bush * Eighty more years * Only 20 shopping days 'til 9/11 * Terror Terror Terror Vote Republican or You May Die * Gas Masks Half Price * Republican Sized Penis? Get as big as a Democrat, Guaranteed.
OK. I made those up. The rest are real. First, I spotted an ad that lets you choose who you think (not real thought - the rightwing you've been told what to think) is the biggest liberal. There were three choices: Ted Kennedy, Hillary, and our own Markos! Obviously, Ted Kennedy, right? He must be at least 250 pounds.
Then I saw it, and it was stunned:
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