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Clinton's Diva Appeal

By The Daily Dish
Apr 10 2008, 4:47 AM ET

One explanation for her resilient gay support:

Hillary is the diva, the fabulous woman who is fabulous just because she says so.  She's the woman who is abused (by her husband), ridiculed (by the press), hated (by Republican mouth-breathers), yet she's still standing.  She's like from some exploitation film where the heroine is beaten and barely raped before pulling a knife out of her sock and slicing the mean guy's balls off.  Her supporters have stood by her and fought her battles with her - and sometimes for her - since the 1990s.  The emotional connection runs too deep.  R-e-s-p-e-c-t, she shakes her finger.  Find out what it means to me.  And the crowd eats it up.

Nevermind that Hillary Clinton hasn't ever really ever done anything for the gay community.

If gay male voters back her on these grounds, they'll deserve every betrayal they'll get.



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