A Stitch in Haste

Senator Hillary Clinton gave a speech to the Human Rights Campaign on Friday.

Of course, if your only source of news about Clinton were her Senate or campaign websites, then you would never have known about it.

Clinton aides said no announcement was made because the group's gathering is traditionally closed to the press. Video of the speech was posted on the group's Web site.

[An HRC executive] said such annual board meetings have always been closed to the press, but it was the first time he could remember that a speech at such a meeting had been made public afterward.

"There's no contradiction," he said. "The event is always closed to the press and we wanted to make (the remarks) available for people to see."

Yeah right. The fact that the HRC meeting was closed to the press in no way precludes Clinton from posting the text of the speech on her website or issuing a press release after the fact. She is deliberating trying to mute the mike when it comes to showing support for gays. Nothing new there.

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From the speech that dare not speak its name:

Clinton also said she opposes the "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays in the military that was instituted during her husband's presidency.

But not opposed enough to actually sponsor a bill in the Senate to repeal DADT. Go figure.

This is especially obnoxious given:

1. It was her pervert husband who gave us DADT (not to mention federal DOMA).

2. Clinton serves on the Armed Services Committee, where such a bill would be evaluated.

3. Much fanfare was heralded just last week about the House version of such a bill being re-introduced.

There's a word for ambitious, manipulative, disingenuous females like Hillary Clinton:

Politician.
(What word did you think I was going to use?)

More thoughts at Good As You, Pam's House Blend.

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