Filed under: Bill Clinton, Dems, Hillary Clinton, Elections, Gay, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich, John Edwards, Michael Musto, Mike Gravel, Margaret Carlson
9:13: The Bloomberg News political columnist’s first world of the evening: “lesbian.” And then she said it again for good measure. Doogie Howser is in the L.A.-based crowd. Hey, wait, he’s not a lesbian.
Barack Obama was the first to confirm his appearance at the LOGO/Human Rights Campaign forum, so he’s the first to pop his cherry with the gay round table, which consists of the president of the Human Rights Campaign, a black WaPo reporter and Melissa Etheridge. Yes, she’s a lesbian.
Barack’s tending to be boring and not seeming to have much flair.
We’re done liveblogging about Barack unless something really gay, or at least until something interesting happens.
9:23: John Edwards is next in the hot seat. Hair is looking nicely coiffed as usual.
9:26: Edwards says he’s comfortable around gay people. Especially a room full of gay people.
9:34: Edwards says he shouldn’t have said his faith prevents him from supporting gay marriage. “From my perspective, it it wrong…to impose my faith belief on the American people…” Still, his position on same sex marriage has not changed, he adds. “All I can tell you is where I am today.”
9:41: Shorty Kucinich is up to bat. “Imagine the equal sign inside a heart,” says he. “I stand for real equality.” Yup, he’s a gay icon. He may be short, but he’s bigger than Madonna in that respect.
9:45: Does anyone else wanna shrink Denny down and carry him around? He’s like an elfin hippie. All full of love. Read more…
