Just the other day I was thinking: If Obama wins the election in a landslide (we can hope!) it wouldn't surprise me if the truly hardcore wingnuts start spreading the rumor that he's the Anti-Christ. It would be their last-ditch smear against a popular Democrat with widespread support, and a natural evolution of their he's-a-secret-Muslim-terrorist smear campaign.
Well, turns out they've already beat me to it.
Via Sadly No, I just came across a hardcore religious wingnut who is already claiming that yes, Obama is the Anti-Christ.
Without sarcasm or humor, but entirely seriously.
The only reason I bring this up on Daily Kos is because I feel that we as Democrats need to be prepared for absolutely ANYTHING being thrown at Obama by the wingnuts. Even something you think would be so ludicrous, so vile, and so insane as to be unthinkable. They WILL say it. The rumors and the smears WILL go out.
And we need to be ready to confront them.
The Sadly No post (by Gavin M.) gives the overview. It's a screed by some rightwing nutjob named Tom Kovach, at some sick website called "Renew America."
(I'm not going to give the direct link, because I don't want to drive any traffic to his sick website. Besides, you don't want to go there, trust me. Just know that Alan Keyes is prominently featured on the homepage.)
The article is titled "O-bonics" so you can tell the level of intelligence going on.
Kovach launches into the usual litany of smears and slime - not a Christian, not a citizen(!), secretly a Muslim, or wait, is that a Hindu? - none of which is really much of a surprise. But then he really goes off the deep end.
It starts with cropping photos to give Obama horns.
I kid you not! This is what these people sink to!
Just to save you from going to the site to see for yourself (please don't give this guy the pleasure) I'll re-post it here:
Yes, that definitely proves Obama is the Devil......
(Gavin M. helpfully provides a parallel illustration featuring a "horned" Bush, but obviously the true believers would never accept that! It must be a lie planted by Satan!)
Then he takes the next big leap into true ludicrousness: since Obama is the Anti-Christ, he would need a False Prophet who will pave the way, right? Any guesses on who gets pinned with this one?
Bingo: Bill Clinton.
Again, I kid you not. Bill Clinton is the False Prophet who paves the way for Barack Obama's Anti-Christ.
Remember: This is not parody or satire, folks. This guy is ENTIRELY SERIOUS!
As "proof" he produces a Time magazine cover that supposedly gives Bill "horns" (which he claims "sent chills up a lot of spines").
There is much more insanity on that website, and you really don't want to see it. But I think it's important to realize just want hate-filled wingnuttery really is capable of, and the fact that they are really willing to pull out all the stops against Obama.