Hillary Clinton's Silence Condones Gay Bashing

I will be most candid - I do not like Hillary Clinton or her sleazy husband and I am liking her less and less with every passing day. Her latest insult to the LGBT community - besides her near inability to utter the words "gay" or "lesbian" without choking - is her silence as North Carolina Governor Easley maked a disparaging remarks using the word "pansy." A number of bloggers have taken Hillary to task on this, but perhaps the most biting comments I have seen so far are from John Aravosis at America Blog who had this to say about Hillary's increasing phony and cynical campaign stunts. Those in the LGBT community who continue to blindly - and in my view foolishly - support Hillary need to get their heads out of the sand and wake up to the fact that LGBT voters mean absolutely nothing to her except a source of much needed funds and possible votes. It's all about her and Bill and their sense of entitlement to whatever they want. Here are highlights from John's comments:

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Pansy? Standing next to Clinton, her top surrogate in North Carolina actually used the word "pansy" this morning.

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After touring a bio-manufacturing training center, Gov. Easley, First Lady of North Carolina Mary Easley and Clinton held a ceremony at NC State University. The Governor formally expressed his support saying that there was "nothing I love more than a strong powerful woman." Easley concluded his remarks saying Clinton -- "makes Rocky Balboa look like a pansy".

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In case anyone has been living under a rock, pansy is slang for "fag." Pan·sy:

a. Used as a disparaging term for a man or boy who is considered effeminate.

b. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

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Now why would Hillary embrace gay-bashing to help her campaign? Well, putting aside the Clintons' history of embracing gay-bashing when it suited them, take a look at what Ben Smith wrote this morning:

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Easley is a meaningful ally in the culture war she's waging against Senator Barack Obama, as she seeks to cast him as a hopelessly unelectable liberal elitist...

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Oh, so Hillary has launched a "culture war" against Obama. And what are the three elements of the culture wars? God, guns, and gays. Hillary already pulled the God and gun card on Obama in Pennsylvania, where she couldn't even say when she last went to church, and then claimed she was a hunter after a lifetime as one of America's top gun control advocates. And now she's gay-bashing. And actually, she started subtly gay-bashing a while back. Remember all of her "San Francisco" references? Then there was her top aides calling Obama supporters "latte sippers who only care about "feelings" (i.e., they're a bit effeminate and effete). (Then again, look who's advising her.)

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It's ironic. Hillary is afraid to use the word "gay," and gets visibly uncomfortable when answering questions about gay issues. But using slurs for "fag"" doesn't bother her in the least. Hillary and her people will say anything to get elected.