Either the URL is broken or the post has been removed, but according to my Google Reader, the horror site Bloody-Disgusting did a post this morning titled “Barack Obama Loses Our Vote, Insults Horror Genre,” in response to some comments the presidential candidate made at Thursday night’s Democratic Debate. Here’s the text of the post, from the RSS feed:

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) said Thursday that he is concerned about TV content and that he believes as president, it would appropriate to “work with the industry” to address issues of sex and violence, including the marketing of violent films in TV shows, but he believes parental control, not government control, is the best response, reports Broadcasting Cable. Obama literally “calls out” our genre and indicates it’s a problem.

I actually took notes on that part of the debate, in the hopes that there would be a discrepancy between Clinton’s answer and Obama’s that might reveal something about which candidate is more beholden to Hollywood donors. Unfortunately, Hillary wasn’t given a chance to answer the questions. Reviewing my rough transcription of Obama’s comments today, what’s amazing is how it transitions from typical, weaselly politician non-response––which seems uncharacteristic for Obama––into a minor strike against the Hollywood publicity machine. But of course, he’s not actually pledging to do anything, and any horror fan who takes this as the sole evidence that Obama doesn’t deserve their vote probably shouldn’t be voting in the first place.

My rough transcription of the debate quote follows after the jump.

As a parent, yes, I’m concerned about what’s coming over the airwaves. The primary responsibility is with parents, and I reject the notion of censorship. I do think it’s important to give parents the tools they need to monitor what their kids are watching, and obviously right now the concern is not just what’s coming over the airwaves, but what’s coming over the internet…I also don’t mean to be insulting, but I think it’s important for people in the industry to think about who they’re marketing these films to. I’m concerned about sex, but I’m also concerned about these slasher, horror films. [Goes on for a bit about how he doesn't want his kids to see ads for torture porn when they're watching cartoons.]