Comments on: How Come Hillary Clinton Didn’t Mention Uganda Once During Her AIDS Speech?

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:42:02 +0000

Read about it here: http://www.advocate.com/articl.....ly+News%29

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:39:18 +0000

She denounced the bill today! “Mrs. Clinton showed a rare flash of passion in discussing the systematic rape of girls and young women in Congo, which she visited in August. She also singled out for criticism Uganda, which is considering a law that would make homosexual conduct a criminal offense.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12.....038;ref=us

By: Jerome

Jerome — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:52:39 +0000

#9. Are you asking for proof that the Family is involved in Ugandan politics, policies, and the drafting of the Kill Gays Bill? Try Rachel Maddow’s reporting over the last few nights, called “Uganda be kidding me” as reported by The Advocate. I’d give you the link, but often sites just delete a comment if it has a link. It’s up right now on the Advocate’s site.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:05:54 +0000

She could have mentioned Uganda and Hillary-haters would still find some reason to say she fell short of the mark. When she does something great, Obama gets the credit because she works for him. When she does something bad, obviously it is her fault. When she does not do something at all, she still gets called out for not doing it.

Bitch can’t get a break. This criticism is stupid. Period. It’s not even worth bitching at Queerty about because it’s so stupid.

By: shea

shea — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:49:44 +0000

To be perfectly honest, diplomacy (she is a diplomat after all, pretty much the TOP diplomat at that) requires one to mince words whenever an explosive issue is at hand. When the Ugandan government is all but two seconds away from state sanctioned murder of gays and lesbians, diplomats cannot afford to piss off those country’s leaders and force them into this insular little box. Don’t believe me? Remember North Korea’s leadership? The country of North Korea is one of the most cut off countries in the world, and don’t tell me that the lack of news about HR abuses there means they’re not happening. Secretary Clinton is well aware of this since she’s been dealing with N. Korea for a while now, and *my* guess is that she’s attempting to prevent Uganda from turning into another diplomatic black hole.

That said, I’m just as outraged as anyone else is at this “legislation” in Uganda, and would argue that government should be censured and sanctioned as a genocidal body if it allows this legislation through.

By: Jason Moreland

Jason Moreland — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:45:51 +0000

#12 You got that right. Hillary Clinton is a real democrat and not some Reagan poseur like Obama.

By: InExile

InExile — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:23:22 +0000

#10, It’s OK, we all know we would not be having all these problems if she was President.

By: Cam

Cam — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:15:06 +0000

No. 10 · Sydney said…
I’m just gonna stop reading Queerty, if this is what this site is coming to. I stood through all the Adam Lambert and Rachel Maddow luv:3 and the Salahi bs story, but I’m not standing through this.
She didn’t mention ONE FUCKING PLACE and immediately you jump on her?
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Well you’ll have to excuse some people for thinking that in a speech she may mention a government who has just come out pushing for a law to execute people who are the very subject of the speech she is giving. Add into that the fact that several other countries have spoken out to condem that country, and the fact that we have influence there. The idea that the U.S. should somehow be one of the only countries to not say anything when we have never shied away from putting in our 2 to everything else going on. This tap dance is getting boring.

By: Sydney

Sydney — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:07:54 +0000

I’m just gonna stop reading Queerty, if this is what this site is coming to. I stood through all the Adam Lambert and Rachel Maddow luv:3 and the Salahi bs story, but I’m not standing through this.
She didn’t mention ONE FUCKING PLACE and immediately you jump on her? Well, I’m sorry, I’m not going to take this shit anymore from Queerty.

Hopefully one day you’ll write something worth reading and commenting on, and I wish the smart people (there are some…) on here a goodbye, and good luck attempting to stay on Queerty.

By: InExile

InExile — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:57:55 +0000

#8 Show the proof! And not one of those conspiracy theory sites.

By: christopher di spirito

christopher di spirito — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:47:50 +0000

The fact is, Queen Hillary, who 75% of gay men see as some sort of surrogate mommy, is a member of ‘The Family’ and ‘The Family’ is in complete agreement with Uganda’s viciously antigay position.

By: InExile

InExile — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:22:37 +0000

Obama must have told her not to mention Uganda so Hillary did the best she could. Wish she would run in 2012!

By: Jason Moreland

Jason Moreland — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:52:54 +0000

Leave it to Queerty to miss the point of the speech.FAIL.

By: hyhybt

hyhybt — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:50:54 +0000

I’m a bit confused about what the problem is. Why would she specifically mention Uganda unless for some reason her speech included a full list?

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:05:30 +0000

Yep….Queerty def has no agenda, right David?

By: YCKTR

YCKTR — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:26:02 +0000

Hilary is playing word games again…I guess Doug Coe must have been in the audience shaking a finger at her.

By: Cam

Cam — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:02:52 +0000

Jon,

I see your point, but it’s such a cop out. It’s like when Rosie later tried to say “Oh, gee, everybody KNEW I was gay.” Well no Rosie, they didn’t, you swore you were in love with Tom Cruise and you pretended to get crushes on men so really only gays and lesbians knew that. It’s the same here. Put in just enough language so that gays can grab on and say “Hmm, she must be talking about…..” but don’t put in enough to actually get the point across to any of the perpetrators. Especially ridiculous seeing as how other countries have come out and condemmed Uganda over this.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:57:31 +0000

Pretty obvious to everyone in that room who she was talking about:

“Obviously, our efforts are hampered whenever discrimination or marginalization of certain populations results in less effective outreach and treatment. So we will work not only to ensure access for all who need it, but also to combat discrimination more broadly. We have to stand against any efforts to marginalize and criminalize and penalize members of the LGBT community worldwide. It is an unacceptable step backwards – (applause) – on behalf of human rights. But it is also a step that undermines the effectiveness of efforts to fight the disease worldwide.”

That said, it’s not just about Uganda. It’s about nearly every middle eastern and african nations.