Smiles and Slurs

Disturbingly, most of my gay friends seem fine with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) campaign using racism to win votes. What will they think now that she’s stood next to North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley (D) while he used a gay slur, basically calling Obama a “pansy”?

Now, I know from spending many recesses in middle school being called a pansy that it’s just a subtle way of saying “faggot.” Clinton stood by while Easley made that comment, smiling away. Speaking to a prominent gay journalist friend of mine this morning, he expressed his frustration with her campaign. “Hillary doesn’t care about the gays. It’s that simple. We’re a political tool, like everything else in that family’s orbit.”

Clinton owes the gay community, which she has shamefully used as an ATM during her campaign, an apology for gay-baiting. We’re waiting, Hillary.