Oh dear, here we go

When those images of the big Berlin gathering at which Obama spoke started turning up on the Net, I said to myself, “Hmm, this is going to provoke certain kinds of language here and there…”  And when the word “demagoguery” started turning up here and there in conjunction with his name, I thought, “Hmm. It’s only one step to… No, surely no one would try playing that card!”

(heh) Silly me.

McCain Web Ad Is Accused of Linking Obama To The Antichrist

Oh noes!!  …But here, this should make us all feel better:

The Rev. Tim LaHaye, co-author of the [Left Behind] series, said in an interview that he recognized allusions to his work in the ad but comparisons between Sen. Obama and the antichrist are incorrect.

“The antichrist isn’t going to be an American, so it can’t possibly be Obama. The Bible makes it clear he will be from an obscure place, like Romania,” the 82-year-old author said.

So we can all relax now. I think. (But the simile is peculiar. Since when is Romania obscure? It’s been important in human history for thousands of years: its language remains one of the most direct descendants of Latin as it was spoken in the Empire. And the country’s just sort of sitting there between Europe and Asia, right out in the open. It’s not like it’s trying to hide under Liechtenstein or something.)

(Sidebar: And to think I was getting bored with the US election campaigns when they started to obsess about tire gauges.)

Anyway, maybe now we can go straight to the Godwin’s Law stage of the campaigns and get that out of the way.* (eyeroll)

*Or maybe this has happened already. Doubtless somebody will let me know.