Elton John sang at a Hillary Clinton fundraiser last night at Radio City Music Hall. The event raised over $2.5 million for the campaign--but I'll leave the potential legal issues to others. What really made headlines after the event was Elton John's comments to the 5,000 concert-goers. The New York Daily News reports:
"I never cease to be amazed at the misogynistic attitude of some of the people of this country, and I say to hell with it," said John, clad in a sequined black dinner jacket, red silk shirt and red sunglasses. "I love you, Hillary, and I'll be there for you just like all the times you were there for me. Hillary should be the next President of America."
That's touching--but what is he talking about? I've seen plenty of Hillary lies and Hillary tears reported in the news, but I seem to have missed the blatant misogynistic, anti-woman rhetoric directed towards her. After all, according to the dictionary, "misogyny" is defined as "hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women." Not "hatred, dislike, or mistrust of Hillary Clinton." And most bloggers on both the left and right aren't too happy about being accused of misogyny just because they don't support Hillary.
Michelle Malkin explains why Hillary is really losing: "Sure, there are Neanderthals who won't vote for any female candidate based on her gender. But there are far more anti-Hillary voters who are opposed to her pathological dishonesty-not her biological make-up." Wizbang's Cassy Fiano sums up my thoughts exactly: "She tries to present herself like a tough woman who can handle being the most powerful person in the world, someone who will have to handle being a rare female in a mostly male world (especially when it comes to foreign politics). But what happens when things don't go her way? She cries, she blames it on the 'boy's club,' she demands special treatment."
And Jazz Shaw at the Moderate Voice explains why the misogyny argument falls flat: "This was yet another reference to the all too common meme that anyone not supporting or disagreeing with Hillary Clinton is biased against women. So if that is fair game, then clearly we should be able to say that Sir Elton's lack of support for Barack Obama means he's a racist, yes?"
TNR's Christopher Orr says that John might be Hillary's Rev. Wright, as he notes, "No, it's not quite 'God damn America.' Though the technical sentiment is the same, Sir Elton is at least limiting his eternal damnation to those people (or perhaps states) who declined to vote for Hillary Clinton."
As I said, I'm curious to know more about this "misogyny" towards Hillary, because it seems to me that the only ones who are taking advantage of the gender issue are Hillary and her radical feminist supporters.
