So while most things in the gay world can be reduced to the political element of inequality, Stonewall Citizen (SC) is going to be talking politics here. Let's review the fall out of the Hilary Clinton "pile on" effect, after the last debate.
What woman, what minority, what LGBT person has not at one time or another been the focus of a "pile on" attack? Whether in the streets or in the boardroom, we have all been through one or more of these.
While watching Clinton go through it during the last debate SC remembered those moments when not just the issue, but one's person is under attack. Clinton supporter and former candidate for President Geraldine Ferraro is not spinning when she says that sexism is still OK in America. Her point is that 2 hours of attack on one candidate would not be acceptable if that candidate were Obama, for racism is not ok in this country. Ferraro spoke in the New York Times today and says she does not think a 2 hour attack on Obama would be acceptable. It would not be to SC, and we support Clinton.
As a woman SC was angered and offended. As a gay person SC was angered and offended by the straight white male onslaught. Obama showed some restraint, and we appreciate that.
Obama did not lead the attack, but rather the courtroom lawyer, John Edwards. He and his wife Elizabeth have been aiming hard ball rhetoric at Hilary for some time. Edwards is also a master of re-framing questions before he answers, rather than answering the question asked.
Slamming the front runner, who is also a woman, is not having the desired effect. Do we honestly think Edwards, who has pinned his hopes on a quickly whipped up poverty platform and a southern demographic would have warmed to his task if the target was Obama? John Edwards performance under the pressure of political slippage showed him to be an attack dog. His name is now off of our list of options when the democratic primary comes to town.
Stonewall Citizen believes Clinton will come roaring back in the next Democratic debate.
A Newsweek poll shows that Clinton's numbers are still strong. Interest Alert.com has a good take on this evolving story, as well. (click headline).
Source: Newsweek.com Newsweek Pole: Clinton Thrives Among Dems
On Tuesday, at the eighth presidential debate among Democrats, front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton came under withering fire from her top rivals, Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards. But the attacks didn't appear to do much damage, with her lead for the party's nomination unchanged, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. Almost exactly a year before election day, Clinton is also the favorite to win the White House--if only by a very small margin.
The New York senator gets 44 percent of the overall Democratic vote, compared to 24 percent for Obama (down a point since NEWSWEEK's August poll) and 12 percent for Edwards (down two points). She is the first choice of 45 percent of self-identified Democrats (compared with 39 percent of Democratic "leaners"). She also trounces Obama among Democratic female voters (48 to 19 percent) and enjoys a marginal lead among male Democratic voters (38 to 32 percent). Obama runs better among younger Democratic voters and minorities.
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