Posted on 03/15/2007 10:01:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Speaking for the second time this month in front of a predominantly gay audience, Hillary Clinton assured the crowd at a Gay Men’s Health Crisis dinner at Chelsea Piers that help was on the way.
She guaranteed her support of their issues “when I’m President,” and pointedly referred to a special AIDS grant she pushed through Congress for the first time “since the end of the last Clinton administration.”
The crowd laughed appreciatively at what was at once a well-worn bit about the Clinton restoration, and an acknowledgement of the influence of the gay fund-raisers and activists who may put her in the White House.
But Mrs. Clinton has stiff competition in her pursuit of influential gay Democrats. Unlike the election of 2004, when Howard Dean had the distinction of having fought for a civil-unions bill when he was governor of Vermont, the three leading Democratic candidates have virtually identical stances on the most visible gay issues. (Barack Obama, John Edwards and Mrs. Clinton are uniformly in favor of lifting a ban on gays openly serving in the military, but are all opposed to gay marriage.)
In a political climate in which Ann Coulter received applause for a “faggot” joke at a major conservative conference, and Rudy Giuliani’s strong record on gay rights is widely presumed to be one of his greatest liabilities, there seems to be a pragmatic contentment in gay circles with the top Democratic tier.
“I don’t think any viable, credible national candidate of either party is going to take a pro-gay-marriage position in this cycle,” said Ethan Geto, the gay activist who ran Howard Dean’s New York campaign in 2004.
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Read this thread.
If Hilary was actually a friend to the Gays she'd tell the uncut to get circumcised, and provide free tatoos that advise "EXIT ONLY - DO NOT ENTER" in a location that is only obvious. She should further admonish them for HIV spreading (and I use that term loosely as it were, LOL) behaviors like barebacking. Lastly you all should spray some Febreeze around before having your straight friends over, cause we don't like the smell of a$$.
That was my first thought. Pink doesn't even come close. That woman is fire-engine RED to go along with her communist stance.
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Did you see the Black Panther connection?
>>>The problem is, what is Guilliani going to do now?
What do you mean?
Gay Cash?
What's that, a $100 bill with Richard Simmons' picture on it?
Good advice for the t%rd burglers.
"Amazing that you don't see these reports on ABC/CBS/NBC/PBS/MSNBC/CNN/NYT/WaPo/LAT!! Isn't Hillary proud of her homosexual friends? Then why the hush hush?"
It's all about incrementalism and maintaining the viability of libral candidates while they push the social re-engineering envelope ...
“I don’t think any viable, credible national candidate of either party is going to take a pro-gay-marriage position in this cycle,” said Ethan Geto, the gay activist who ran Howard Dean’s New York campaign in 2004.
... meaning sooner or later the Democrat leaders WILL "come out" in favor of gay marriage, at which time it will be a fait accompli, and the media will be there to peg anyone on the side of traditional marriage as an antigay bigot.
If conservative activists were as effective as gay activists, we'd have coast-to-coast conservative rule.
"Gay Cash?
What's that, a $100 bill with Richard Simmons' picture on it?"
No, it's only a $3 bill.
"Gay Cash?
What's that, a $100 bill with Richard Simmons' picture on it?"
No, it's only a $3 bill.
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