Elton John on US misogyny
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That great political philosopher, Elton John, has decided that only misogyny will keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House (AP/Yahoo link);
British pop star Elton John, playing a fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton in New York on Wednesday, said he was amazed at the misogyny of some in America and he hoped that wouldn’t stop her being president.
At the fund-raiser which Clinton’s campaign manager said raised $2.5 million, John said there was no one more qualified to lead the United States into the next era.
“Having said that, I never cease to be amazed at the misogynistic attitude of some people in this country. And I say to hell with them,” he said, drawing cheers from the crowd at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.
“The reason I’m here tonight is to play music, but more importantly as someone who comes from abroad, and is in America quite a lot of the time (and) is extremely interested in the political process because it effects the whole world.”
“I’ve always been a Hillary supporter,” he said.
As usual, foreigners always miss the point. American voters look for the best person for the job, without regard to superficial accidents of birth. A vote against Hillary is vote against back-stabbing, lying, cheating skulduggery.
Of course we can’t expect the rest of the world to understand that – they just want the US candidate that’ll fly bags of money into their respective countries and apologize for things we’ve never done. Hillary seems most likely to do that for them.
I guess we could say something about John’s support for Hillary being racist, but we won’t – oh, sorry, I just did.
I certainly hope he sang “The Bitch is Back” cause it should be Hillary’s theme song.
Considering that Obama and Clinton are very close in policies..It is hard to believe that gender bias is not playing a role in the decision of who men and some women support. The US is falling behind many countries on how women are perceived as potential leaders, even Chile and Argentina are more progressive.
Jonn wrote: So you’re saying we should just elect just any woman based solely on her chromosome combination? How is that progressive? There are a number of women for whom I’d vote for President – none of them are Democrats.
Robin, you beat me to it! The trouble with “reggie” is that he doesn’t understand it’s not her gender or for that matter,Obama’s skin color we abhor. It’s their socialist politics.
I’ve no problem with a woman president – I’m still on the lookout for such a person – Hilary is NOT that person.
Considering this nation is only 200-ish years old and the most powerful and influential nation the world has ever witnessed. Here we are in a serious race where a woman *cough* could potentially win the Presidency of this nation. How many thousands of years rolled by before ANY woman took control of a powerful and influential European nation?