I hate to pick on a candidate’s supporters when that candidate is down. But this really irks me.
[…], a Clinton volunteer who works at a Center City law firm, says many gay men support her “because she’s definitely a diva, which is like a goddess to us… Every time you knock her down, she gets back up and fights harder. She’s strong, powerful, smart and poised, with a sophisticated attitude.”
I knew this was one reason so many gay men supported Clinton. We’re a sucker for put-upon middle-aged women. This is not by any means true for all of her gay supporters; the gay bloggers I know who support her have intelligent reasons for doing so. But it’s true for quite a few. And supporting her for that reason is as stupid as supporting her just because she’s a woman.
For some reason what comes to mind when I read the above comment is some airhead Chelsea queen sitting at the now-defunct Big Cup, leafing through the latest issue of HX and looking at the pictures because it would take too much brain power to actually read it.
When will we start seeing Hillary drag queens?
Daniel, the first one I saw was Martin Mull dressing up as her on an early-90s episode of Roseanne.
While it annoys me that gay men have such a shallow reason for supporting Sen. Clinton, I find this no more annoying than the many, many more Americans of all sexual orientations who worship Sen. Obama because they think he’ll sweep in some new era of change. There are substantive reasons to support either candidate (or both of them, as I do), but substance doesn’t sell.
UGH! I was just saying to someone the other day, that it occurred to me that maybe one reason why gay men like her is because she is kind of tragic. We like tough old women who’ve suffered mightily at the hands of men but keep getting better with age and retain their dignity in spite of everything. (Okay, well, not sure Clinton has any dignity left these days, but you know what I mean.) I mean, yes, please, let’s love Cher and adore Joan Crawford and cheer for Barbra and weep with Judy, but for pete’s sake, that’s no reason to vote for them for President. The fact that Hillary Clinton is a tragic figure does not mean we owe her our political support.
That entry was fierce! Three snaps!
Beating a dead horse I’ve already whipped here, but there’s this: http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/04/hillarys-appeal-the-diva-theor.php
which you may be interested in.
Very interesting. Thanks!