Posted on 02/29/2008 3:58:28 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Hillary Clinton cemented years of goodwill with gays in 2000, when she walked in New York's Pride Parade.
``Having the first lady march was enormously powerful,'' said Representative Barney Frank, one of two openly gay members of Congress, both of whom are backing Clinton. ``I've never seen such a strong emotional outpouring.''
Now some gay voters, who have been among Clinton's most stalwart supporters and helped her defeat Barack Obama in Democratic presidential primaries earlier this month, may be drifting toward the Illinois senator, according to political activists and campaign officials.
``Clinton probably is still a little bit ahead of Obama among leadership in the community,'' said Steve Elmendorf, a Clinton supporter and lobbyist with ties to the gay and lesbian communities. ``They have a longer and deeper relationship with her than Obama, but he has a good record,'' said Elmendorf, deputy campaign manager for Democrat John Kerry's 2004 presidential bid.
``Obama has presented more detailed position papers on gay and lesbian issues than Clinton,'' said David Mixner, 61, a writer and activist who helped longtime friend Bill Clinton win over the gay and lesbian vote during the 1992 presidential race and who supported both of Hillary Clinton's successful Senate races in New York.
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“Obama has presented more detailed ((((position papers)))) on gay and lesbian ....”
There is just something about that, that makes my laugh.
I think those are called, “pistol grip ears”. ;>)
The gay population is about two percent of the population but it is a flea with a big megaphone.
How is the los of gays statistically significant?
I think the article is pure BS.
Usually the more detailed the better, but not in this case I fear.
HA! I never thought she would lose the gay vote.
HA! I never thought she would lose the gay vote.
HA! I never thought she would lose the gay vote.
It's a Bloomberg article posted on Yahoo.
'Nuff said.
I thought their Queen Ellen deemed her voteworthy.
There has to be a cankle joke in there somewhere....
No loyalty to be expected from the gays I guess.
Oh crap...with the way she dresses (and who does her hair?) she sooooo needs the gays!
ROFLOL!!! About two weeks ago FR had an article which stated Hillary! had the “gay superdelegates” locked up.
You just can’t this stuff up. :0)
er, hiccup
Melissa Etheridge was mad at Hillary at the gay forum last year. She said that the gay community felt that the Clinton administration didn’t do enough on gay issues after showing such promise. Hillary said that don’t ask don’t tell was the best policy they could come up with. And Hillary said that the Defense of Marriage Act was needed to stop effort towards a constitutional amendment on marriage.
So, maybe Melissa hasn’t forgiven the Clintons for not pushing more for gay issues when they were president before.
Where have all my gays went? LOL.
She’s looking for the big “Snap-On Tools” endorsement.
Jus’ breaking!
Big split in RAT party.
Gaaays backing Obamaramadingdong
Lessbeeans fronting Hillarious
Interns for Billy
Deee-velo-ping
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