"Lifestyle."
 

We didn't catch it during yesterday's queer conference call with Barack Obama's campaign, but deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand, who is gay, made a bit of a slip: "Hildebrand [also] talked about how Obama is 'a different kind of politician' who often talks with the African-American community about how 'there needs to be less bigotry, there needs to be more of a working relationship, you know, more acceptance of a lot of African-Americans who do not agree with the gay lifestyle. There was a time where [Obama] repeated that we've got to do better - that my own black community needs to do better. And he does not hesitate to do that.'" Homo-journo Karen Ocamb claims the archaic language overshadowed the call's message, which was to announce David Noble's appointment of the Obama campaign's LBGT Vote initiative. [POQ]

 
 
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Comments (8)

No. 1 · Queer "T"

Wait; where's the slip? Can someone point it out to me? Maybe I just need another cup of coffee this morning….

Posted: Jun 12, 2008 at 10:47 am · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 2 · Queer "T"

Oh. "Lifestyle"… got it… it's right there in the title. Ha ha, I guess I am just so used to politiicans saying it I don't immediately recognize it as ill-worded.

Posted: Jun 12, 2008 at 10:48 am · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 3 · fredo777

It definitely is ill-worded, but I don't think it was an intentional dig at gays. I just dislike when anyone uses that phrase + have had several arguments about it.

Posted: Jun 12, 2008 at 11:26 am · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 4 · Konrad

oh, this is really news.

Posted: Jun 12, 2008 at 11:31 am · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 5 · Greymalkin

silly.

who cares…

Posted: Jun 12, 2008 at 11:52 am · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 6 · Qjersey

Please we can't get the media to stop saying "lifestyle" or "preference."

Bad choice of words, but I doubt any harm was intended…that said…the wrong choice of words when referring to people of color will get you branded as racist no matter the intent. Bill Clinton is a clear recent example.

Posted: Jun 12, 2008 at 12:25 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 7 · hisurfer

I'm confused … the post seems to say that an openly gay guy made the statement. And even if the guy was straight, it's all about context. The context here is pro-gay. When the right-wing says "lifestyle" it tends to be anti-gay.

I don't know if Clinton is a good comparison. His language, as usual, was fine. It was his intent that angered many of us. It's pretty much the opposite of the situation here.

Posted: Jun 12, 2008 at 2:58 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 8 · jk

Is Ocamb so insecure that she lets that tiny, innocuous (at least out of the mouth of Steve Hildebrand) phrase "overshadow" the rest of the conference call?

Posted: Jun 12, 2008 at 3:02 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
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