Senator Hillary Clinton's sexuality is not the most pressing issue in the Democratic campaign for the presidency, but it is likely to get a lot more attention in the weeks ahead.
"It is not true, " Clinton said in a magazine interview. "But it's something that I have no control over. People will say what they want to say."
Clinton's comments came in response to a question posed by a reporter for the gay newspaper "The Advocate", who asked, "How do you respond to the occasional rumor that you're a lesbian?"
The Advocate reporter, Sean Kennedy, when asked what he thought about Senator Clinton's response, said, "I 100% believe she's a straight, heterosexual woman. I asked Hillary the question because nobody ever has the balls to ask it to her face."
This news item bothers me for a several reasons. First of all, I think Sean Kennedy was very rude and offensive in asking such a question in the first place. Hillary's "orientation" is none of his or our business. Secondly, the subject of the question has nothing whatsoever to do with Hillary's qualifications as a presidential candidate and it totally detracts from the idea of her being a woman who is running for the office of President. Thirdly, it was an obvious loaded question, specificly designed to raise controversy and place Hillary Clinton in an awkward and uncomfortable position before American vioters. It was a manipulative question which was used by the reporter for no other reason than to make a personal point. It was like one of those "Have you stopped beating your wife" questions that damn a person no matter how they respond.
In the end, the reporter accomplished nothing worthwhile by asking the question. Because, to both people for Hillary, and people against Hillary, it won't make any difference. It won't make the people for her any more against her, and it won't make people against her any more for her. It tells us nothing about what Hillary is, it merely tells us what she is not. There are far greater and more important issues concerning Hillary Clinton's candidacy for president than whether or not she likes women more than men.
Sean Kennedy had a unique opportunity to ask Senator Clinton a question that would tell the American people (including The Advocate, GLAAD, and anybody else) where Clinton stood on gay rights, gay marriage, sexual discrimmination, and hate crime. But instead he squandered his opportunity by taking a cheap shot at Clinton to prove some arrogant point.
Who really gives a rat's hindquarters whether or not Hillary Clinton is gay?? I want to know something slightly more important. Like when are the troops coming home from Iraq, when is the economy going to improve, how much higher are oil prices going to go up, when are housing costs going to come down, and a plethora of far more significant issues that have absolutely nothing to do with Hillary Clinton's sexual orientation.
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Next they'll be testing her testosterone levels and accuse her of altering her hormone balances to better acheive her lofty masculine goals.
Ei. "Mrs. Clinton, as you know, this country has been at odds about many of the rights that gays and lesbians should or should not be entitled to. Do you have any thoughts on this?"
Hillary attended one of my father's carving demonstrations some years back on Nantucket Island. He observed her as only an arrogant man might: "She is THE Ice Queen. No expression, no conversation, NOTHING. She is worse than your mother!" I would like to add that I think that my father is accustomed most of his life to being flattered and fussed over by women. And so this behavior was "foreign" to him. Did he expect the President's wife to gush over him and his carvings in a public forum?
I like Hillary as The Ice Queen. I am surprised she even answered that question!
Funny how the Clintons didn't mind taking all that money Wal-Mart was giving ole Governor Bill back in his Arkansas days.
Oh those funny Clinton's...... whats with all the finger pointing. Really, you ever notice when Bill or Hillary speak they are always pointing...........
Here is the skinny of things:
http://www.zpub.com/un/un-bc.html - Bill Clinton
http://www.zpub.com/un/billc-5.html - Hillary Clinton
man these kids are funny
I agree too
Hillary being a lesbian completely explains why Bill went after Monika...
Very interesting post. It makes no difference, of course, and it doesn't matter one way or another. Still, i would think it a bit obvious whom she liked, personally...
Why is it important whether or not Hillary Clinton is a Lesbian? Sometimes I just don't get the media. If she's not a Lesbian, does that mean she isn't allowed to support gay rights? Is she required to have some kind of "straight agenda?"
Sheesh!
Personally, I think Bill Clinton is the one who might be a Lesbian... he appears to spend a lot more time chasing women than Hillary does.
:D
i don't care if she is. if she is, more power to her.
what ppl do in their own bedrooms is their own business. presidents or not.
... Hillary Clinton has a sexual orientation? :O
Lesbian or not.....I can't stand the dried up hag.