As many have pointed out, the core source of California Proposition-8 bigotry lies at the heart of the Christian and Mormon church, and its hateful message cuts a wide resonant swath across American ethnic communities. Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics have all bought into Christian propaganda and share responsibility for its virulent homophobia.

However, as a prominent Christian and African American, not to mention leader of the Democratic Party, it is Obama who now leads the way for those who seek to block the acceptance of LGBT people in mainstream society. He has shown them how and where to draw the line that keeps us shut out, while betraying absolutely no animosity or prejudice against us personally. This is exactly the balance of benign neglect that homophobic Christian America has been searching for.

Much as Clinton caved on the issue of gays serving openly in the military, Obama undermined his flacid support of LGBT rights with his clear statement that "marriage is between a man and a woman". Obama's self-contradictory formal opposition to Proposition 8 didn't discourage the Yes on 8 campaign. They proudly pictured Obama along with McCain on their advertisements, the two candidates united in support of traditional marriage.

Of course, Obama's lack of conviction on same-sex marriage has been no worse than his running mate's, or for that matter, the Democratic Party's cowardice. But Obama has become the undisputed leader of his Party and an inspiration to all Americans who hope to see the nation make a change for the better. If Obama himself won't muster up the courage to oppose discrimination against LGBT folks, how can anyone expect any more support from Democrats as a whole? Is it not clear that it's an issue that Obama has declared "off the table"?

This is truly Obama's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" issue, and it is he who has the opportunity to break the stalemate. But until Obama does some genuine soul-searching on his commitment to social justice, nothing that he says is going to make a difference.

As many have pointed out, the Dems and Reps represent the two arms of the corporatist Republicrat Party. Both arms are locked in a fervent bipartisan embrace with their silent partner, the Likud Party.

As Senator Lieberman is the highest ranking elected official of the Likud Party, he naturally retains directorship of the USSA national security state apparatus, the Dept. of Homeland Security.

The second highest ranking elected official of the Likud Party, Rahm Emanuel, is himself an exemplar of bipartisanship. In addition to his birthright as a dual citizen of both Israel and the USSA, Emanuel has also served as Democrat Caucus Chairman of the Republicrat Party. He now assumes an executive leadership role as White House Chief of Staff of Commander-in-Chief-Elect Obama's incoming bipartistration.

GG wrote:

"The notion that Obama is some sort of aggressive or radical Leftist challenger of establishment power is and always was the by-product of fear-mongering from the Right and, to a lesser extent, the projected desires of some progressives."

I think many readers still retain some notion that in the USSA, "the Left" and "the Right" refer to political ideologies or even moral convictions. In the spirit of turning a page on the grotesque abuses of the last eight years of partisanship, let us resist the temptation to criminalize the policy differences of the past and embrace the modern vernacular in which these terms are now consumed:

The Left - those left out of political discourse due to the insignificance of their opinions. In Theocratic terminology, also refers to those left behind in the Rapture.

The Right - those who by virtue of their national prominence and/or political power rule by divine right. In Theocratic terminology, also refers to those whose thoughts and deeds are Biblically righteous.