Hillary Clinton Doesn't Care About Gays

Interesting read over at Daily Kos.

I'm really glad that gay media is calling her out on this.

Hillary, your words are empty. The only thing you want from us gays are our money.

Daily Kos: Hillary's serious gay problem (Updated)

In Hillary Clinton's disturbing attempt to rebrand herself as a Bible-totin', gun-slinging Annie Oakley, complete with right-wing talking points, I guess it's not surprising that gays would end up with the short end of the stick in Camp Clinton these days. Hillary has given lip service to supporting GLBT rights, but her actions over the past few months - not to mention the past few decades - have shown that Hillary is not only trying to distance herself from the gay community and GLBT issues but has done her best to use anti-gay sentiment to her advantage. There's a disturbing pattern at work here, folks, that should outrage any true Democrat who cares about equality.

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The Clinton's have been horrible to many different communities, as I've been pointing out for some time now. Currently, they are once again dismissing the African-American community. The latest has been to disenfranchise them by some of the most vile voter suppression tactics...

Here are some links (from D-Kos diarists) on the latest(only the first link is longish, the chart is the most damning):

N.C. NAACP files formal vote-suppression complaint against Women's Voices, alerts U.S. DOJ of concerns
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/05/nc-naacp-files-formal-vote-suppression.asp

Same firm does voter contact work for robo-call group, Clinton campaign
http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/04/same-firm-does-voter-contact-work-for.asp

N.C. Attorney General Says WVWV Robocalls Illegal
http://www.npr.org/blogs/news/2008/05/nc_attorney_general_says_wvwv.html

Group with Clinton Ties Behind Dubious Robocalls
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90114863

Following the Money Trail and Political Connections for Women’s Voices, Women Vote
http://www.npr.org/news/images/2008/may/01/wvwvchart.html

This group has several major complaints across so many states. Hopefully this will not be swept under the rug because it is the most reprehensible thing since, well - Bush and Rove in 2004.

Do a search on D-kos/DU/Bradblog on voting irregularities in Philadelphia. It is very interesting. A high number of voting machines distributed to polling stations in African-American precincts were broken. In some stations as high as 3/4 of the machines were not able to be used. Some waited in line for 6-8 hours to vote.

These illegal practices to suppress votes in elections disgust me.

Anyway, Andrew Sullivan also wrote about Hillary and Bill's lack of support for the gay community, regardless of what they may claim. Meanwhile, Obama has been a longtime supporter of the gay community and there is proof of his commitment, rather than just rhetoric (Clinton's). I found this link on one of the 100's of political sites I roam through but I don't remember which one it was. It is a really good article.

http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/obamas-gay-gold-mine/18247/?page=1