Look... Streisand sang at the White House for JFK when she was 18. She campaigned for McGovern. She has been a major fundraiser for democrats for decades. If SHE'S not good enough for you lefty purists, then who in hell IS? Get the F over it.

Yesterday reading Bob Cesca's response to a Wapo item about Obama and today scanning readers' comments on the Huffington Post, I'm struck by the left's immature use of profanity and vulgarity in every other word of its commentary. Is it due to a limited vocabulary, inadequate writing skills, or simply the inability to think critically? I'm guessing all of the above. One gets the impression the writers are rebellious adolescents trying to shock their elders. Oh, well.

"Hillary Leaves Off The T (+)
by: Autumn Sandeen
Thu Nov 29, 2007 at 18:54:21 PM EST

This is what Hillary Clinton's campaign put out as a press release today:

New Poll Shows Hillary Leading Among LGB Voters
In a new survey released by Hunter College, Hillary Clinton leads all Democratic candidates in support among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) Americans. According to the poll, Hillary leads with 63 percent, 41 points ahead of the next candidate.

"I'm honored to have the support of so many in the LGB community," said Clinton. "Together, we can end the divisiveness of the past seven years and change the direction of this country so that we embrace the full diversity of our nation."

The poll also found that 72 percent of LGB likely voters consider Senator Clinton a supporter of gay rights. As President, Hillary will also work to end discrimination in adoption laws, sign hate crimes legislation and ENDA into law, and put an end to the failed policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. She will work to make sure that gay and lesbian couples in committed relationships have the same rights and responsibilities as all Americans.

I'm posting this specifically show that the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign left out the "T" when referring to the "LGB Community." The first two paragraphs of the press release might not have mentioned T's because they didn't find enough T's to be statistically significant for their poll, but I would think that in the last paragraph -- where she mentions what she would do as president -- she certaintly could have added that she was for LGBT civil rights/equality.

As it is, it looks like she's just for LGB civil rights/equality.

Given the recent mess with ENDA, I find it noteworthy that her campaign's messaging about the "alphabet soup" of communities was one that left off the T. Whether or not leaving off the T out this media release was intentional or not, to me it sure seems to be pretty poor form."

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/frontPage.do

It's quite telling that most commenters here forget the fact that Obama voted for the Patriot Act, as well as every funding request W shoved in his face.

Opensecrets(dot)org shows all campaign contributions, and for those crying fowl at Clinton's lobbyist friends, go take a look at Arianna's dreamboat's stats. It's all the same, but Barak gives a good speech and everyone's ready to cut their heads off if he says so.

Weird.

Barbara has been a Democratic Activist for a long time. She is a hero of the left.

Oprah kissed Bush. I thought she was a Republican. Did she ever support a Democrat before? Is she even registered as a Democrat?

Of course they conducted a poll. Is anyone surprised by this. It would be a surprise if Hillary did not take a poll. She is a calculating bitch. I am sure when the Lewinsky hummer news broke, she did a poll on her chances for the Senate in the future if she divorced Billy. This is who she is and what she does. If that is what you want for a president, then vote for her. I choose not to.

Barbra has a long history of political involvement and outspokenness. She's not new to Democratic support or funding. Why get nasty about her? She's certainly done a lot more than Oprah over the years (and much, much more than Arianna) to promote democratic candidates. Oprah has always been hesitant to be too open about her politics for fear of alienating her public, until now.

Arianna never liked Bill, ridiculed Gore, - she doesn't exactly have a great track record. She DOES like to fly off to conferences at resort locations, appear on TV, go to parties, and denounce Hillary.

Doesn't Hillary ask her focus group if it's okay to go to the bathroom? Then confirm it with Zogby?

I'm a big fan of Barbra's, but her endorsement is not going to sway my opinion of Hillary. I happen to feel that Hillary is indeed the smartest, most qualified person running, but this bit about her campaign having done "polling" before they made the announcement encapsulates my main issue with Hillary. She seems to be afraid to speak in her true voice for frear of alienating some faction of the voting public, what others have called "traingulation."

Right now I like Richardson and Kusinich - the call for immediate withdrawl.

Right now, HuffPo continues to *not* run this story:

"Contracts awarded to Rudy Giuliani's private security firm in the Gulf state of Qatar were overseen by a government minister suspected of harboring the al Qaeda terrorist who planned the 9/ll attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, according to security consultants in the region."
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Now it's not only on left-leaning blogs, but also abcnews(d0t)com, and other MSM's are running with it.

But Arianna needs her precious space to do everything she can to convince readers that HRC is the most evilest person evah!

I see no reason what so ever to Vote for HC. I just do not like HC & I couldn't care less if Barbara endorses her.
We need a fresh start & We will not get it Voting for a Clinton.
Granted we are all better off with out the Republicans but HC is not the answer.
Biden is the most Qualified & Experienced of all.
Please Stop The Insanity!

Who cares about Barbara Streisand. What is she going to do. Bring out those old 30 second sound bites. It is just old we need something new. We are not in the sixty. Go home Streisand we are tired of you and Hillary and Bill. Go back to Hollywood in your world of make believe!

While Ms. Streisand is a most respected performer, with all due respect, she's hardly Oprah Winfrey. On the other hand, I'm not certain Hillary needs endorsements quite the way the newcomer and less experienced Barack Obama does. In fact, Hillary may be looking for endorsements while Barack is looking to be legitimized. It would take a heavy-hitter such as Ms. Winfrey to add to his attaining gravitas. My sense is that while people say they're going to vote for Mr. Obama, something the poll numbers might currently reflect, I'm not sure once people get in the "voting booth" they actually will. One can still sense national unease about this particular candidate due to his lack of experience.

PolitiHAL
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THE BIG O's

The reason why this is important is that the candidates that have enough MONEY poll and focus group EVERYTHING beforehand. We then end up with empty suits that have NO real positions or ability to make decisions. Remember "The Candidate"?

Hillary is a fraud that is popular by name and association only.

People should only identify and vote with the honest ones that don't have to pay others to tell them what to do, how to act, what to support, how to think.
The rest are ACTORS.

So Babs is going all out and endorsing Hillary. Talk about living in the past, 'the way we were'. You would think she would at least try and find out what is going on today. Hopefully, if America is going to become a matriarchal society, woman President, Hillary could at least dress like a woman, instead of the suit all the time, or the very least get a size that fits now. Is there nothing else to write about. Jeez, talk about a shortage of writers or something.