{"id":1516,"date":"2008-08-26T11:52:54","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T16:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2008-08-26T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T20:56:30","slug":"william-randolph-hissyfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucegarrett.com\/brucelog\/1516","title":{"rendered":"William Randolph Hissyfit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via the New York Post<\/a>…  Hey!  Everyone!!  Look At ME!!!  I’m A MEDIA KING<\/strong>!!!!<\/p>\n

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Paul Colichman, the William Randolph Hearst of the gay media, is not supporting Barack Obama for president. But that doesn’t mean he’s backing John McCain.<\/p>\n

"I’m a die-hard Democrat," he tells Page Six. But Colichman was also a die-hard Hillary Clinton supporter. He and Harry Thomason produced a documentary, "The Hunting of the President: The 10-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton."<\/p>\n

Colichman, 46, who owns The Advocate and Out magazines, GayWired.com, and Here, the premium cable network for gays, said he finally dealt with his disappointment over Clinton’s defeat last week and came around to Obama.<\/p>\n

"I thought, ‘Get over yourself!’ I had literally written out a check to the Obama campaign. And then I saw him in front of an evangelical group in Anaheim," he said.<\/p>\n

Before Rick Warren at the Saddleback Civil Forum, both Obama and McCain defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

"I thought, ‘Wow! He just threw the gay community under the bus,’ " Colichman said. "My partner looked over at me, and we tore up the check."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hillary Clinton on same sex marriage<\/a> (Pew Forum):<\/p>\n

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Gay Marriage<\/strong>
\nClinton opposes<\/a> same-sex marriage but favors civil unions in which gay couples receive full recognition and benefits. She says that "marriage has always been province of the states" and advocates repeal of a provision in the Defense of Marriage Act that prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriage. In the U.S. Senate, she opposed amending the Constitution to ban gay marriage. While she has solicited and received the support of gay and lesbian groups, many gay activists were alarmed over her March 2007 comment<\/a> that the morality of homosexuality was up "to others to conclude." She later released a statement<\/a> saying that she does not believe homosexuality is immoral. In an April 2008 interview<\/a>, Clinton said she would change federal tax policies and immigration laws to eliminate disparities affecting same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Barack Obama on same sex marriage<\/a> (Pew Forum):<\/p>\n

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Gay Marriage<\/strong>
\nObama says that he personally believes<\/a> that "marriage is between a man and a woman" but also says that<\/a> "equality is a moral imperative" for gay and lesbian Americans. He advocates the complete repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because "federal law should not discriminate in any way against gay and lesbian couples, which is precisely what DOMA does." He supports<\/a> granting civil unions for gay couples, and in 2006 he opposed<\/a> a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. In March 2007, Obama initially avoided<\/a> answering questions about a controversial statement by a U.S. general that "homosexual acts" are "immoral," but Obama later told CNN’s Larry King, "I don’t think that homosexuals are immoral any more than I think heterosexuals are immoral."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

They both oppose same sex marriage.  They both favor civil unions.  They both favor repeal of DOMA.  They both opposed the federal marriage amendment.  Well that sure puts Hillary way ahead of Obama on the same sex marriage issue doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

And…so sitting down with Rick Warren is more offensive then…say…sitting down with Richard Mellon Scaife is it…?<\/p>\n

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I know…I know…  You’re both MEDIA KINGS!  And…bitter…<\/p>\n

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