I wonder if he’s going to be working for Obama this next election.
Former Obama Deputy Campaign manager Steve Hildebrand had some words about President Obama, Herseth Sandlin, and a bunch of other Democrats for not being liberal enough for him:
Introducing Steve Hildebrand, deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign, at the predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club’s Freedom Awards August 22 at the San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park, San Diego Democratic Party chair Jess Durfee said he’d been described as “the Gay person Obama listens to and the Gay person closest to the President.” When Hildebrand actually took the podium, he snapped, “The problem is Obama isn’t listening enough” — setting the tone for a slashing attack on Obama and the Democratic officeholders in Congress for failing to advance progressive causes and letting Republicans and so-called “Blue Dog” Democrats set the agenda for the country.
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Hildebrand had his own personal horror story to tell about a “Blue Dog.” A native of South Dakota who still lives there (he said he’d like to move to San Diego but his partner has so far vetoed it), he’s represented in Congress by Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, who “wears the Blue Dog label proudly. When she ran in 2004, I gave her $500 and we opened up our home for her and allowed her to film media ads in our home. Then, without talking to the Gay people who had helped her, she announced her support for the Federal Marriage Amendment to ban same-sex marriage nationwide. I demanded my contribution back — and got it. The next time she runs I will support her opponent, even if it’s a Republican.”
Defending his decision to abandon support for specific candidates and concentrate on campaigns outside electoral politics, Hildebrand said that outside the system “we can be as effective, if not more. We have an opportunity at this early stage to hold the Democrats accountable.
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I’m sick of Herseth too and wish I had never voted for her. Good for people like Hildebrand fighting for gay rights!
Why can’t we have all people are created equal? What is this gay rights, women rights, where the hell are my rights as a white hetrosexual taxpayer male?
I’ll happily contribute money for Steve’s 1-way ticket to California. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Add me to the list of libs who wish they had their Herseth votes back. She’s the biggest two-face Democrat I’ve ever voted for. I will hesitantly support the Republican or Independent this fall. Her dodgy stance on health care is the last straw.
Maybe we’ll get lucky and someone will primary her. I think she’d be in for a rude awakening.
Oh please. You really think Hildy would vote for a Republican against Herseth? And I thought libs liked to trash pro-lifers for being one-issue voters.
even Hildebrand is tired of Herseth being a two-faced phony. that’s saying something