TIME Magazine: Come ON.
by Maryscott OConnor
Fri Aug 08, 2008 at 11:30:44 AM PDT
Crossposted fromMY LEFT WING

I hate the McCain "THE ONE" ad as much as any of us, but IT IS NOT calling Obama THE FRIGGING ANTI-CHRIST!!!!
That's just what some outraged Christian supporters of the Democratic nominee are claiming John McCain's campaign did in an ad called "The One" that was recently released online. The Republican nominee's advisers brush off the charges, arguing that the spot was meant to be a "creative" and "humorous" way of poking fun at Obama's popularity by painting him as a self-appointed messiah. But even this innocuous interpretation of the ad -- which includes images of Charlton Heston as Moses and culled clips that make Obama sound truly egomaniacal -- taps into a conversation that has been gaining urgency on Christian radio, political blogs, and in widely-circulated email messages that accuse Obama of being the Antichrist.
