Hillary Clinton: I'm not a lesbian

[DeepModem Mom]

NY Daily News: Hillary Clinton: I'm not a lesbian
Friday, September 21st 2007

Hillary Clinton officially declared she's not a lesbian - not that there's anything wrong with that.

During an interview with The Advocate to be published next week, Sean Kennedy, the gay magazine's news and features editor, asked the presidential candidate, "How do you respond to the occasional rumor that you're a lesbian?"

"People say a lot of things about me, so I really don't pay any attention to it," Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.) replied. "It's not true, but it is something that I have no control over. People will say what they want to say."

Kennedy told the Daily News he's convinced. "I 100% believe she's a straight, heterosexual woman," he said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/21/2007-09-21_hillary_clinton_im_not_a_lesbian.html

[Missy M]

1. I love her response to the question asked.

[Midwestern Democrat]

65. I agree. It was quite thoughtful and in excellent taste. NT

[youthere]

2. Oh for fucks sake.

Well, I'm sure glad we got THAT cleared up. :sarcasm: Jeezuz..stupider and stupider it gets.

[kenfrequed]

6. it was strategy question

It was jsut to create a one-liner answer should it come up later. Why the hell else would it have been asked or answered at all.

Hillary irritates me more and more each day.

[redqueen]

7. She irritated you by answering?

What would you have had her say?

[youthere]

12. No I'm irritated she had to address it in the first place.

What other candidate, Dem or repuke has been questioned about their sexuality? Or better yet, had to have a colleague VOUCH for them? Geezus frickin christ rolled in cornflakes.

[Bitwit1234]

20. Course she had a baby

they guys could have had their wives artificially inseminated.

[Donnachaidh]

26. lesbians DO have the body parts to have babies

And not all lesbians are artificially inseminated. geez.

[kenfrequed]

17. Do you honestly believe

That a reporter, even one for The Advocate, would ask that question unbiden? Unthinkable, even these days.

This means that the Hill campaign put this question into play. It is purely strategic and said nothing about what she would do for GBLT community which this magazine puports to represent (or at least market to).

[redqueen]

22. Heh... good point.

I hadn't thought of it from that angle.

*sigh*

Politics, eh?

[youthere]

28. No I don't believe that for a second...

It smacks of Bush's whispering campaign against Ann Richards. I agree it was strategic. That's why it irritates me all the more. It shows that Sen. Clinton is considered a real threat if they have to attack her like this. Rumors that she is a lesbian? Give me a break.

[kenfrequed]

32. what whispering campaign?

This was a preemptive move to water down any future concerns. It says nothing about her at all.

Who would be running such a whispering campaign anyhow, Hillary is the best candidate the Republicans could hope to run against. Why else would Rove talk about her at all?

[Laughing Mirror]

49. Unlimited Access, a NY Times bestseller book reported a lesbian encounter as fact

Maybe that's how this rumor got started. There were a number of stories about Hillary's secret lesbian life in tabloids at the checkout counter too, as I recall. Everybody reads them. How many believe them? I mean, Weekly World News is the gospel truth, isn't it?

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=hillary_was_right

The most infamous of the Regnery titles is undoubtedly Gary Aldrich's Unlimited Access, which included such "revelations" as lesbian encounters in the White House's basement showers, Hillary Clinton ordering miniature crack pipes to hang on the White House Christmas tree, and the claim--backed by anonymous sources--that Clinton made frequent trips to the nearby Marriott to shack up with a mistress "who may be a celebrity." That last bit helped catapult Unlimited Access to the top of The New York Times's best-seller list, though Aldrich soon revealed to The New Yorker's Jane Mayer that the Marriott story was "not quite solid" and, indeed, was "hypothetical." But according to Aldrich, it was Regnery editor Richard Vigilante who had moved the Marriott bit out of the epilogue (where it had been presented as a "mock investigation") and into the middle of the book (where it was presented as an actual occurrence). Vigilante, Aldrich told Mayer, threatened not to publish the book if Aldrich didn't agree to the changes.

[FrenchieCat]

51. Wow........

"Hillary Clinton ordering miniature crack pipes to hang on the White House Christmas tree"

Thank God I didn't read that NYT book. :eyes:

[immoderate]

71. Miniature crack pipes???

Regular crack pipes are so large, they would weigh down the tree? :shrug:

Maybe they were offerings for Santa's elves. Where does one get miniature crack pipes? Christmas decorations store?

Some people believe anything.

--IMM

[rasputin1952]

72. Jeez...

"Hillary Clinton ordering miniature crack pipes to hang on the White House Christmas tree....".

Did Laura order up miniature testicles of bush to hang off the Christmas Tree's she's overseen...

[Orangepeel]

30. uh, yeah. Of course that's a question a reporter for the Advocate is going to ask

:shrug:

[kenfrequed]

38. Really?

Do you really think a reporter is going to ask a question like that of a frontrunner in a political campaign with any degree of seriousness?

Have you read the Advocate? Do you really think gay people are so clumsy and inarticulate that the first question asked of anyone interviewed is: "Well are you gay? Huh...are you? Cause I heard rumors and whispers that you might be."

[Orangepeel]

57. Oh, please. Do you really think I think that gays are "clumsy and articulate"? Do you really?

Have you every read the Advocate? (have you really?). Do you really think it is unusual for them to ask celebrities who are rumored to be gay about it (how about Madonna and Marcia Cross?).

There have been rumors about Hillary Clinton being gay for years and years. There are always rumors about outspoken women being gay. Why wouldn't they ask about it?

You know, I'm not even supporting Hillary. I'm in John Edwards' camp. But all this stupid faux outrage about stupid stuff ("she must have TOLD the Advocate to ask her that!") is driving me crazy. Give me a fucking break already. (really!)

[kenfrequed]

69. I think

The expectations for questioning Madonna might be a little different from a politician. I could be completely wrong about it though. And somehow I do not think a magazine like that would ask a politician a question like that based on a few tabloid right wing smear jobs.

[Orangepeel]

70. that's a nice response

seriously, no sarcasm this time. :-) My post was kind of venomous (as a consequence of being accused of being anti-gay and for my being tired to people seeming to attribute Machiavellian motives to Hillary for absolutely everything). But I appreciate the tone in your response.

We can, of course, disagree (about the Hillary thing and the Advocate -- not about my thinking gay people are clumsy and inarticulate, because that's still offensive). You obviously don't think so, but personally, I'd be surprised if the Advocate didn't ask that question, given:

1) The Advocate holds the editorial position that being gay is something to be proud of
2) The Advocate holds the editorial position that being gay and hiding it is wrong
3) A sizable number of people think that being interviewed by the Advocate itself is evidence of being gay
4) People, right wing nuts that they may be, have publicly insinuated that Hillary is gay.

Hillary is very political, so I wouldn't put it past her to use a magazine to further her agenda if she thought it would benefit her. But A) that's what a politician is supposed to do and I don't consider that a negative and B) it would be silly in this case.

[DURHAM D]

39. The Advocate asks it of everyone they interview. n/t

[CTyankee]

44. She probably did put it in play. Very smart.

But it won't do too much good. After all, a few years back some people believed she was a murderer.

But on a personal level, ya know it's nobody's business what your sexual orientation is...

[BigDDem]

56. Dont forget to buy tin foil this weekend

[ieoeja]

53. When various relatives have asked me if I was gay, I always replied, "yes".

I am as gay as JFK was a Berliner. Members of my family who have a problem with that can shove it.

[youthere]

13. I'm not irritated by Hilary...

well at least not for this. I'm just annoyed that she was put in the position where she had to even address it. "The Advocate" reporter that asked her deserves to be slapped.

[DURHAM D]

42. If she agreed to an interview with The Advocate she knew

the question was coming. It is not a big deal.

The funny thing is that this rumor has been pushed for years by the righties and the only people who knew for sure (for all of these years) that she was not a lesbian were all the other lesbians in the country.

Anyone who went through the feminist wars knows this is standard operating procedure by the righties - accuse any strong woman of being a lesbian and that takes care of the problem.

This time around enough people will say "So what if she is, her personal life is none of our business". No one defended women of either stripe on this issue in the past. Hopefully it will be different this time around.

[emilyg]

52. She was asked - she responded.

[allisonthegreat]

36. you got that right..n/t

[Auggie]

3. Why bother asking the question?

It has nothing to do with her ability to be president...

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. Just another day in the patriarchy

People remain very weird about that

[redqueen]

8. It's a tabloid, isn't it?

:shrug:

[DeepModem Mom]

11. The question was asked in an interview with "The Advocate"...

to be published next week. The question, and answer, are being reported in NY Daily News (the NY tabloid not owned by Murdoch).

[redqueen]

23. Doh.

I haven't had my coffee yet.

Can that be an excuse?

:blush:

[DeepModem Mom]

33. No excuse needed! I thought it was a good, clarifying question.

:donut: Enjoy your cuppa!

[DURHAM D]

10. Why ? Because it is being rumored "up at the church" and

repeated in the coffee shops, barber shops, auto shops, lumber yards, and beauty shops of small and medium size towns all across the country.

[Auggie]

27. Can't journalists just stick to non-personal issues?

The Advocate should know better.

[DURHAM D]

37. The Advocate asks the question to every celebrity

they interview. Standard template stuff. No big deal.

[AlGore-08.com]

31. It has been rumored for decades (not claiming it's true)

I remember reading a Liz Smith column in "Parade Magazine" early in Bill Clinton's first term, where Liz Smith wrote that Hillary Clinton and Liza Minelli were lovers.

It stuck in my mind all these years because it was just such an odd thing to read in "Parade Magazine".

[DURHAM D]

41. And after that Liz Smith herself had to out herself. n/t

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. Sometimes I get asked if I am

I always apologize that I'm not.

[CTyankee]

45. good lord, who asks such a personal question?

Maybe I'm just old fashioned but it is truly none of my business what a person's sexuality is. If they want to volunteer that information that's fine. I have had many gay and lesbian friends, coworkers, doctors, etc and I can't ever recall any of them asking me, nor have any of my heterosexual contacts.

:shrug:

[Ellen Forradalom]

46. A tactless person?

It hasn't happened often.

[cobalt1999]

9. Have any of the other candidates had to declare themselves "not gay"?

Jeez. It's amazing the things she has to go through the other male candidates don't.

[sarge43]

16. Is someone going to ask Rudy "Are you a transvestite?"

And no I don't care if old Rud is wearing a Victoria's Secret push up bra with matching thong.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. The Next President Handled The Question Appropriately

eom

[youthere]

15. Maybe she should have said "Sadly, no."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. That Would Imply To Me That Theres's Something Shameful About Being Gay But There Shouldn't Be

That's pretty much how Richard Gere handles the question...

[youthere]

25. I don't see it that way...

a respone of "Sadly, no" implies to me that it would be fine if she were gay. But then, I have kind of a twisted sense of logic too. Good thing I'm not running for prez. LOL!

[Colobo]

67. What? Our next President, Barack Obama, has not been asked that yet.

Our future Senate Majority Leader Hillary Clinton was.

[Nedsdag]

18. This is news?

n/t

[Bitwit1234]

19. Did anybody ask the guy's if they were gay.

[gorekerrydreamticket]

54. They probably will, now, after the Sen. Craig episode...

n/m

[AZBlue]

58. Excellent question.

I mean, we don't want to single her out as the only female running, do we??

[TreasonousBastard]

24. Well, I'm glad THAT's cleared up. n/t

[William769]

29. Some things that get posted here are weird.

The responses just want to make you :rofl:.

[DeepModem Mom]

34. And I post some of them, I admit. My posting philosophy is usually...

"I post, you decide," so people can respond to a piece and not to whatever my opinion might be. And our gang here is always interesting, and often responds with "DUzy"s!

[durrrty libby]

35. And sometimes the responses make you want to

:puke: or :toast: or :eyes: or :spank: or :argh: or :scared:



:hi:

[sniffa]

40. now this is news

and again she's kicking ass and taking names. she's unstoppabLe!!1!

[Romulox]

43. Reminds me of John Kerry's Mary Cheney comments--reverse "gay bating"...nt

[hughee99]

47. Not that there's anything wrong with it... n/t

[Forkboy]

48. Thank God that burning issue has been cleared up.

[yellowcanine]

50. Personnally I don't think candidates should answer "rumor" questions.

It just legitimizes gossip as a political tool. The best response is: "If I start commenting on every rumor there would be no end to it and I resent the question. If you have any serious questions ask them. Otherwise this interview is over."

[Bucky]

55. Chris Dodd admits it finally, "I am sexually active with the mother of my child"

I'm shocked.

[FlaxieB]

59. It would not hurt if she wore a dress every now and then.

Her look is strictly corporate. Bill needs to suggest that but I bet he already has and she shot him down. It would not hurt to look feminine sometimes. She needs to expand her waredrobe.:thumbsup:

[Cameron27]

60. She looks plenty feminine,

which has nothing to do with wearing dresses.

[ElizabethDC]

62. I really doubt that Bill has ever given Hillary fashion advice. n/t

[IndianaGreen]

68. Hillary wears Elizabeth Dole's hand-me-downs

Hillary should use the same hair stylist as Nancy Pelosi, and Pelosi should take Hillary on a shopping spree.

Pelosi always looks great, while Hillary looks so matronly.

[illinoisprogressive]

61. I really dislike hillary but, I think this is simply a stupid question for repukes

besides. for me it doesn't matter whether she is a lesbian or straight. who cares. well, repukes care.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

63. John Edwards: my hair is not red. Barack Obama: I do not keep a pet cat.

It is obvious that Clinton is not a lesbian.
It wouldn't matter if Clinton were a lesbian.
This is silly.

[goodgd_yall]

64. Oh, shucks

Not that I ever really thought she was...

[IndianaGreen]

66. Too bad, she doesn't know what she is missing!

Dump Big Dog!