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Aside from old ladies and Bitters, Hillary's strongest constituency this election has been The Gays, who ironically are just the estranged children of old ladies and Bitters. But now Washington's own gay Blade newspaper — which had already endorsed Hillary and is home to such famous local homosexual journalists as "Jeff Gannon" — is telling Hillz to leave.
In an editorial, the paper's editor writes that "it's time for Hillary's gay donors and volunteers to look past short-term disappointments and consider the long-term impact of a McCain administration." But gay Clinton supporters are a stubborn crowd — Gay Internet Spokesman Andrew Sullivan has been urging his fellow homosexuals to leave Hillary forever. They won't even listen to Andrew Sullivan!
Hillary, the time has come [Washington Blade]
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Bunch of pansies.
It looks like my 'mo brothers finally realized that getting fucked over by the man in your life does not alone a diva make.
When Hillz loses teh gay vote, you know this thing is over. OVER. I will celebrate by slapping my male bosses ass as an ode/tribute to the "Blade."
enough teabagging of hillary's three balls!
time to toss barack's arugula salad....
You haven't lived a day in your life until you've been sucked dry by Jeff Gannon.
No, no, I thought Rocky was the pansy.
...I guess this means James Carville will be endorsing Obama any second now!
@csperanza: Oh, geez, I get all my gay slur references mixed up.
They're a bunch of elitists with great skin and an impeccable sense of style.
@AngryBlakGuy: what does he call himself then? Is it not Judas-like when he does it? Oh wait, I know, it is called "expedient".
now they'll find out why they call him "bareback barack"...
No throwing Hill under the bus for teh gehz, oh no. More like a Saab convertible, with the top down and the turbo revving.
No, they finally realized Hills wasn't Harvey Fierstein in a wig.
@AngryBlakGuy: As long as we're not forced to endure another rat picture. I can deal with anything, except the little dead rat pictures.
Hillz does have great camp appeal, what with the horrendous pantsuits, philandering husband, and tragic victim stories.
@NoWireHangers: Chelsea alone has to add about 15 points.
After Don't Ask, Don't Tell, DOMA, and advising Kerry to run against gay marriage in 2004, I refuse to believe gays were ever a core Clinton constituency.
Maybe it's a top/bottom thing.
Jeff Gannon worked for the Washington Blade? I have a former boss who worked there, too. Which means, I have only two degrees of separation from Jeff Gannon.
Nooooooooooo!
@Botswana Meat Commission FC: Basically, that means you've slept with Karl Rove. Congrats, btw!
@Botswana Meat Commission FC: There's nothing wrong with a little Republican man meat....
Eeewwwwww.
Once the fabulous have jumped ship, can the single/thin/neat demographic be far behind?
But what does Elton say?
I will never understand why Obama doesn't appealto gays. It just doesn't compute. Issues-wise, he's nearly impeccable. And shouldn't his pretteh beat Hillary's fag hag appeal?
LAKEWOOD, CO-Gene Podrewski, a Denver-area optometrist and father of two, expressed befuddlement Monday over his status as a gay camp icon.
"It's difficult to explain to straight people," said Martinez, seated in his San Francisco apartment below an oversized, wildly colored silkscreen print of Podrewski's face. "Gene is adorable, sure, but it's not really sexual. It's more because that man has been to hell and back. He's no saint, and he has a lot of self-destructive impulses, but he's dealt with his personal demons with courage and a wicked sense of humor. He's a survivor in the truest sense and an inspiration to the gay community, which has seen its own share of pain, misunderstanding, and heartbreak."
@stolichnaya: Wasn't that the first demographic to firmly place itself behind Obama?
the gays are the first to leave party when the ranks start thinning
besides, they've all been dying to get behind michelle obama
@Harvey Birdman: Working class gay voters? Meat packers perhaps?
I'm assuming Hillz still has the rug muncher vote.
@AxmxZ: Agreed. The gays should like Hillary better when she's a failed contender and comes out with a juicy, tell-all memoir, right? Like Wonkette said yesterday, I can't wait to go back to liking her ironically again. Although I will need some healing time first.
@econdave: I hope not. She is a traitor to the cause. They might as well get behind Mary Cheney.
@bambu: Behind Michelle?.. (Is gay code word for straight now?)
@ronaldpagan: I think we're still one substance addiction and/or obvious Bill affair away from the tell all memoir.
@ronaldpagan: Tell-all about what, how Obama pwned her through sheer power of shiny?
Hm. I'd read that, actually.
@AngryBlakGuy: Carville knew this thing was over last month. When he and the mrs announced they were relocating to New Orleans...
@econdave: If my boss is an indicator, yes, they're still behind Hillz.
The gays with sense are leaving while there are life rafts. The gays who liked Hillz for her camp appeal probably didn't vote anyway (since it was never about politics to begin with). Besides, once she loses and becomes a full-fledged martyr her camp value will skyrocket--much like that rare find at the flea market.
@Dave J.: Does being addicted to POWER count?
Sorry everyone but Cindy McCain is the biggest and best thing to happen to the gays since Jackie O. Every gay I know (and I know half the gays in West Hollywood) are voting for McCain just to get Cindy in the White House.
That's just bitchy, two-faced and catty. First the men begin to abandon her, then the femmes start dribbling away, and now even Queer Nationalists want to put some distance between themselves and the Queen Mother.
What next? How can this valiant gal continue her reign of terror... ooops, I mean her stalwart campaign, if she's abandoned by those slow-math types who suddenly realize she doesn't have a chance? She can't squeak by on Hispanics and retards alone, you know.
If she could just manage to somehow annex Canada between now and the convention.... she could lose another ten primaries. [She might have a shot in the territories... they think Bubba's still President.]
@Canuckledragger: "She can't squeak by on Hispanics and retards alone, you know."
You know that the remaining primaries include Puerto Rico, West Virginia, Kentucky, and South Dakota, right?
And yeah, you can do the math and realize that she still won't catch up to Obama. But she majored in miracles!
Wait, the gays were supporting Hillary? Why? Oh, I get it, you made that up. Very clever!
So Hilly's navy is abandoning ship? Probably all volunteering for duty aboard The Raging Queen, captianed by Cindy McQueeg, instead.@TEAM HEIDI:
@TEAM HEIDI: You have a point. I could see Cindy's love of pancake make-up striking a chord with many a drag queen. Not to mention the pill addiction.
Perhaps the ballot box support you foresee can be avoided if Fiesta Cantina offers all-day Happy Hour on Election Day.
The truth here is that all gay men have a mother complex...kind of an Evita Complex....unfortunately now that they think everyone is beating up on Hillary they'll all throw a hissy fit because they equate Hillary with mom (and Mother's Day is coming up!) so they'll direct their anger at poor Barry and vote for Cindy (oops I mean John). You don't need a degree in psychology to figure this out. Just 15 years living in West Hollywood.
@NoWireHangers: I saw Cindy McCain's appearance on Leno with a bunch of gay guys and they all almost fainted over her perfect coiffure and matching yellow dress. They want MORE MORE MORE!
@TEAM HEIDI: Who are you trying to kid? You're trying to tell me that gay men watch Leno?
@AxmxZ: They think Barry is anti-gay because of his long association with "fiery preacher" Rev. Wright.
That's not a joke. I wish it were, but it isn't.
@econdave: Yeah, but only the bitter flannel variety. The "only-when-I'm-drunk" lipstick subspecies dumped Frumpy the Thunder Lizard months ago. Pantsuits and cankles just don't make their scene.
a couple of 'my gays' are huge Hillary-bots. the thing that's disturbing is that if she doesn't get the nomination, they're going for WALNUTS! of course they've got $$$, and if it weren't for the butt monkey aspect of their lives, they'd be big ol' Repubs. ish.
@TEAM HEIDI: I liked her look on Leno too (only watched the Jezebel clip, of course.) But wait until they find out Cin-Cin is not actually a drag queen! They will come crawling back to fierce Michelle Obama,
What Would Big Gay Al Do?
@ronaldpagan: I thought Mike Huckabee majored in miracles?
Apparently, you can have the ugliest woman running for president and her just as ugly daughter campaigning for her, and it still not be enough to impress the gays. What message is that sending to America's fag hags? Who's looking out for them?
@nachoproblem: Actually, people are concerned about how he hung out with that ex-gay black gospel singer and is endorsed by a lot of homophobic black cultural icons. But it is bogus anyway because black people are not the ones who think sodomites tearing down our society is a major issue. They have real issues to worry about.
@ronaldpagan: I hope that's not an implication to Michelle being a drag queen. We all know she 100% WOMAN!
BTW, John Edwards hates women.
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@audicityofhope: Hillz is the new Mike Huckabee. I am expecting her to fuck Chuck Norris momentarily.
@audicityofhope: I'm going to copy your post over to Jezebel and the Jezebel girls are going to come and get you and string your balls from a stick and parade it around town! And then post a picture of it on Jezebel!
@TEAM HEIDI: I would do anything to have the Jezebel girls string my balls on a stick. Please make it so.
@ronaldpagan: The question is, how well can she play Boston's "More Than a Feeling" on bass guitar?
@shortsshortsshorts: Eck. I don't think they could stick your pea sized balls on a stick. They'd fall off. We need to sacrifice a real man like audicityhope.
@kulbreez: Sounds like they're a bunch of closeted Log Cabins.
Is The Toledo Blade related to this Washington Blade? What about Blade the vampire, and those two movies? And that air freshener called Blade. Is this some hidden code thing?
@ronaldpagan: I know, I know... whereas Schlitz-drinking Rust Belt workers are all hunky-dory with the fairy folk.
@kulbreez: didn't you read my post? It is all about Cindy and those old black and white photos of John looking all surly. I'd do anything for a CIndy/John sandwich. Do they have TGIF Fridays in Phoenix? I could meet them there for happy hour and then some hot three way action back at their place.
@TEAM HEIDI: You mean my Hillary-sized cojones?
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@audicityofhope: that Hillary nutcracker is going to be worth a lot of money some day!
my Obama Girl t-shirt not so much. it has been withering away on EBAY for over a week now with just a $5 offer. sniff.
@audicityofhope: Psshh, I still love John Edwards. And of course I am not implying that Michelley O is a drag queen. I'm just saying, looking a tad mannish constitutes Cindy's only appeal. That is all.
@ronaldpagan: If Chuck Norris fucked Hillary, Bill would get pregnant.
@thefrontpage: Blade was only half-vampire. The other half was Muslim extremist, if I recall correctly.
@ronaldpagan: Barry's letter to the gay community addressed that in order to bring about change we have to bring together people who may disagree on some issues. Obama's point is that we bring people together by focusing on the big picture and overcoming wedge issues. I think that is far more noble than Hillz pandering for the "Moran" vote especially when we all know how they feel about "tolerance"
@NoWireHangers: wasn't there some big fuss that Obama refused to be interviewed by the Advocate or the Philly gay rag? that isn't going to help either. maybe he could do an interview in details. that would help.
@ronaldpagan: I know you weren't callin' Michelle a tranny. I was just fuckin' with ya. Cindy is more than just mannish. She, like her withered prune of a husband, is void of all bodily fluids. I'm convinced she's a mummy. So kids, hide your wire hangers.
(BTW, I would still do John Edwards, just for the record.)
@NoWireHangers: I know, and I totally agree with him. He also never proved he was willing to sell out the gays with the Defense of Marriage Act and Don't Ask Don't Tell, the way Hillary did when her name was Bill Clinton and she was president in the 90's.
I wasn't agreeing with gay Hillbots (fortunately, apparently, a dying breed.) I was just giving you their rationale.
@TEAM HEIDI: I've heard some speculate (mostly from the National Enquirer) about Barry's sexual orientation and it makes me very uncomfortable. I don't want to think about my chocolately CareBare fudge-packing another man.
@audicityofhope: I totally did John Edwards when he made a campaign stop in Encino. We did it in the bathroom of the Chili's on Interstate 41. (I have no shame.) But when I reached up to clutch his hair I stuck my hand in the pin of his toupee! That thing ain't real!!! He didn't even offer me his hankerchief afterward. Just a patch of toilet paper. That man is no JFK.
@shortsshortsshorts: So this is why they say we're all misogynistic over here on Wonkette.
Please don't attract them over here.
@audicityofhope: Yes. I remember that issue. I have a subscription to the National Enquirer but I was so horrified when I saw that issue in the check out line at my local Wal-Mart that I bought it right then and there! I didn't think there was any truth to tthe gay rumours til I saw Barry try his hand at bowling.
@ronaldpagan: I get it. I hope I didn't come across as lecturey/cranky. Hillary's shit is wearing me down. I don't know if I'll make it to the nomination. I need to touch the hem of Obama's pantleg or something to get my strength back.
@nachoproblem: Taco, please don't fear homophobia from political Black folk. For although little Black kids are taught at a young age to fear "booty busters," by the time they get to DC, they've seen the light of the gay struggle, usually for Black men when they come out of the closet after graduate school and for Black women, when seeking to perserve their virginity and snag one of the handful of straight, college-educated, political ambitious young Black men, start taking it up the ass.
There, all better now?