It’s not hard to see how some Obama haters might be tempted to make the comparison. In the Left Behind books, Carpathia is a junior Senator who speaks several languages, is beloved by people around the world and fawned over by a press corps that cannot see his evil nature, and rises to absurd prominence after delivering just one major speech. Hmmh. But serious Antichrist theorists don’t stop there. Everything from Obama’s left-handedness to his positive rhetoric to his appearance on the cover of this magazine has been cited as evidence of his true identity. One chain e-mail claims that the Antichrist was prophesied to be “A man in his 40s of MUSLIM descent,” which would indeed sound ominous if not for the fact that the Book of Revelation was written at least 400 years before the birth of Islam.

From: ImpressionableGranddad@aol.com
To: UNDISCLOSED RECIPIENTS
Subject: Re: RE: Fw: BARACK OBAMA ANTICHRIST CHECKLIST

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>
> > From: MysteriousOnlineFriendofImpressionableGranddad@hotmail.com
> > To: {117 recipients all of whom are registered to vote}
> >
> > PLEASE FORWARD THIS TOO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!  If you dont’ forward this email to at least 15 people YOU
> > WILL NOT BE SUMMONED TO HEAVEN WHEN THE RAPTURE COMES!!! and you’re sex life will be unsatisfactory
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> > The Book of Revelations states that when the Antichrist comes, he will be a man in his 40s of MUSLIM descent,
> >> > left-handed, appear on the cover of time Magazine, AND SPEAK POSITIVELY SOUND FAMILIAR?????
> >> >
> >> > OTHER BIBLICAL FACTS ABOUT THE ANTICHRIST:
> >> >
> >> > is trying to quit smoking
> >> > spent significant portion of childhood in indonesia
> >> > differs with hillary clinton and john edwards on details of u.s. health care overhaul
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > is a beast that shall rise up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > wife is frightening to white people
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > PLEASE FOREWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!
> >> >
> >> > Yours,
> >> > Literally Tens of Millions of Americans Who Actually Will Be Able to Vote in the Upcoming Presidential Election
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> > Stay in touch when you’re away with Windows Live Messenger. IM anytime you’re online.
> > _________________________________________________________________________
> >
> >
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Political strategists and pollsters are on the hunt for the “soccer moms’’ and “Nascar dads’’ of 2008, the blocs of swing voters with enough clout to turn the tide in the presidential race.

Pollsters haven’t yet popularized catchy labels for key demographic groups, like the minivan-driving suburban “soccer moms’’ deemed crucial in 1996.

There is one group that’s up for grabs and could swing the election to Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain: women in their 50s and 60s without a college education.

from the desk of GEOFFREY GARIN POLLING ENTERPRISES LTD.
addressed to All Employees; Garin, Geoffrey
regarding 50-69 non-college-educated female demographic naming contest

People!  It’s time to put it to A VOTE!!  Below are the top submissions for the naming contest for the demographic of women aged 50-69 and lacking a college education.  Rank three or more.  THE FUTURE OF CATCHY DEMOGRAPHIC NAMES IS IN YOUR HANDS!!?

___ mini-golf aunts
___ bowling aunts
___ field hockey aunts
___ non-GRE-taking grandmas
___ higher levels of obesity and cigarette addiction mothers-in-law
___ great-grandmas unfamiliar with a cappella
___ high school field hockey aunts
___ “Marge”

Tags: politics, barack obama, john mccain, checklists, polling, demographics, higher levels of obesity and cigarette addiction mothers-in-law, "marge"