Posted on 04/09/2008 7:40:44 PM PDT by lainie
NEW YORK, April 9 (Reuters) - British pop star Elton John, playing a fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton in New York on Wednesday, said he was amazed at the misogyny of some in America and he hoped that wouldn't stop her being president.
At the fund-raiser which Clinton's campaign manager said raised $2.5 million, John said there was no one more qualified to lead the United States into the next era.
"Having said that, I never cease to be amazed at the misogynistic attitude of some people in this country. And I say to hell with them," he said, drawing cheers from the crowd at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.
"The reason I'm here tonight is to play music, but more importantly as someone who comes from abroad, and is in America quite a lot of the time (and) is extremely interested in the political process because it effects the whole world."
"I've always been a Hillary supporter," he said.
Introducing him, Clinton recalled that the entertainer had played at the White House at a state dinner when her husband Bill Clinton was president.
The New York senator, who is trailing Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, vowed to take her battle for the Democratic nomination to the end of the primary process, saying all the states should have their say.
Clinton said she couldn't sing but "What I want you to know is 'I'm still standing,'" -- echoing the title of an Elton John song.
John opened his set with the track "Your Song," dwelling on the line "How wonderful life is when you're in the world." Other hits he sang included "Daniel" and "Rocket Man."
I guess the Republicans will have to concede the “Elton John” vote yet again....
Dame Elton is one of the few women on earth who makes Hillary look good.
By the way, Elton...I’m all for putting a woman in as president. Just not a charmless left-wing b...witch like Hillary.
Oh, gross!
They look like brothers.
bumps to that. (I hear ya. Like anyone is listening.)
But really, this is just him preaching to her choir. She’s sinking fast.
IS right!
It was so obvious, but you and I don’t think like that.
The word is “MEN”, those stinking MEN!!!!
Oh to be seventeen years 364 days old again...
Well why not. She puts the L in GBLT
What’s with the big ole cross around his neck????
Bashes Reagan for AIDS; compares Bush to Nixon...
He’s a Godly Gay?
Elton dresses like the Devil’s jester and says ‘to hell with them’.
LOL. Now thats an image.
Who cares what that pompous potbellied limey says?
homosexuals by their very sexual fetish with “self/same” have a sexist attitude about the OPPOSITE sex. They discriminate AGAINST them as life partners.
Hillary Clinton’s own husband is a misogynist slob who came on an intern’s dress in the Oval Office and lied to the American public about it. This same man had oral sex while on the phone deploying US troops overseas and another time while making a head of state wait to see him.
That is disrespect. Add to it allegations of rape and sexual harassment.
Elton John is vying for the role of Miss Piggy.
And can a British citizen donate an expensive concert to a US campaign effort? Our election laws are screwed.
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