THE
BOTTOM
LINE
for
Hillary
Clinton’s
GLBT
supporters
is
that
we
must
agree
that
we
need
a
Democrat
in
the
White
House
on
Jan.
20,
2009.
I
know
what
it
means
to
move
your
support
from
one
candidate
to
another
after
months
of
passionately
supporting
the
person
you
believe
to
be
the
best
person
for
the
job.
In
addition
to
believing
that
your
candidate
is
best
there
often
is
a
personal
commitment
to
that
person
that
makes
transferring
your
support
even
more
difficult.
You
never
want
to
do
anything
to
hurt
your
candidate
and
friend
because
you
want
to
give
them
the
opportunity
to
lead
and
even
to
secure
their
place
for
the
future.
I
have
a
lot
of
experience
in
this
area.
I
have
often
supported
Democratic
candidates
who
I
passionately
believed
in
and
who
lost.
I
have
the
benefit
of
choosing
candidates
without
any
consideration
to
what
I
would
receive
if
they
won.
I
had
the
experience
often
with
Bella
S.
Abzug,
the
first
introducer
of
the
Employment
Non-Discrimination
Act
and
a
brilliant
person
who
was
also
a
friend.
Beginning
with
her
Senate
primary
against
Daniel
Patrick
Moynihan
in
1976,
Bella
tried
for
office
four
more
times
and
I
came
back
to
support
her
each
time
with
the
same
passion.
Her
commitment
to
what
is
right
for
the
GLBT
community
and
for
the
nation
made
that
easy.
If
it
was
a
primary,
I
always
ended
up
supporting
the
candidate
that
beat
her,
but
it
took
time
and
except
for
once
it
didn’t
happen
until
much
after
primary
night.
I
feel
the
same
way
about
Hillary
Clinton.
I
supported
her
and
will
anytime
again
because
she
is
committed
to
me
as
a
gay
man
and
because
her
solutions
for
America
are
right.
I
hope
now
that
Barack
Obama’s
supporters
will
realize
what
it
will
take
for
Clinton’s
supporters
to
come
around.
We
all
need
to
keep
our
eyes
on
the
prize,
which
is
to
have
everyone
go
into
the
voting
booth
in
November
and
vote
for
Barack
Obama.
Nearly
18
million
people
voted
for
Clinton
in
the
Democratic
primary.
While
some
of
those
votes
in
Florida
and
Michigan
may
not
be
considered
in
the
final
popular
vote
tallies
of
the
party,
it
still
needs
to
be
acknowledged
that
more
people
actually
voted
for
her
than
for
any
other
person
ever
in
the
primaries.
Obama
will
need
many
of
those
18
million
votes,
especially
those
in
the
swing
states.
They
will
make
the
difference
for
Obama
in
November.
And
although
it
will
take
time
to
bring
those
voters
around
I
know
it
will
happen
if
the
Obama
team
handles
this
right.
AS
SEN.
JOE
Biden
(D-Del.)
recently
said,
“With
apologies
to
Nancy
Pelosi,
win
or
lose,
Hillary
Clinton
is
the
most
powerful
woman
politician
in
the
nation.”
I
am
not
suggesting
that
Obama
should
make
Clinton
his
running
mate,
but
as
Charles
Rangel
(D-N.Y.)
said,
“It
would
be
a
dream
ticket.”
And
to
those
who
say
it
can’t
happen,
just
remember
the
animosity
between
Ronald
Reagan
and
George
Bush
or
JFK
and
Lyndon
Johnson
and
how
they
managed
to
run
together
and
win.
And
to
those
who
say
it
would
nullify
Obama’s
message
of
change,
all
Obama
needs
to
say
to
the
world
is,
“Nothing
can
signify
a
seismic
change
in
America
to
the
rest
of
the
world
more
than
electing
an
African
American
as
president
and
a
woman
as
vice
president.
The
GLBT
community
will
come
together
faster
than
the
rest
of
the
electorate
for
Obama
because
we
know
Sen.
John
McCain’s
record
on
our
rights
and
it
is
unacceptable.
McCain
opposes
ENDA,
he
opposes
getting
rid
of
“Don’t
Ask,
Don’t
Tell,”
he
opposes
our
hate
crimes
bill
and
he
will
support
the
anti-marriage
initiative
in
California.
Some
of
Clinton’s
supporters
will
cling
for
a
while
to
some
of
the
bitterness
that
results
from
any
campaign.
Some
Obama
supporters
will
cling
to
their
bitterness
over
the
things
they
perceive
that
Hillary
said
about
their
candidate.
But
in
truth
this
was
a
mild
campaign
and
we
need
to
be
prepared
for
the
fall
campaign,
when,
as
Pat
Buchanan
said,
and
I
hate
to
ever
agree
with
him,
“the
527
ads
in
this
campaign
will
make
the
Swift
Boat
ads
look
like
public
service
announcements.”
The
Republicans
will
not
go
silently
into
the
night
and
will
cling
to
the
White
House
like
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avenger5000 on 6/22/0812:51 AM:
Obama, his supporters, the DNC, the party elite, and the mainstream media have conspired to marginalize the millions of Democrats who have voted for Hillary, and they will now be using every trick in the book to "bring the party together" to further their ruthless ambitions. They will want you to forget all about the months of biased press, the biased party elite, the insults, the sexist remarks, and the race-cards. They will want you to forget that the Democratic Party now is the party that stands for disenfranchisement of the voters and the rationalization of racism. No Way; McCain in 08
