Rendell joins Chelsea Clinton for 'gay pub crawl' in Philly (they smacked her butt...)

Pennlive ^ | 4/19/08 | BRETT LIEBERMAN

[Libloather]

Rendell joins Chelsea Clinton for 'gay pub crawl' in Philly
by BRETT LIEBERMAN, Of The Patriot-News
Saturday April 19, 2008, 4:22 PM

Christopher Murray embraces Chelsea Clinton Friday night when the former first daughter campaigned with Gov. Ed Rendell and actor Rob Reiner during a pub crawl of gay bars in Philadelphia. They loved her hair; they smacked her butt; they hooted and hugged Friday night as Chelsea Clinton hit Philadelphia for what campaign aides called a "gay pub crawl." BRETT LIEBERMAN, The Patriot-News

"Chelsea, the gays love you!" Jeff Guaracino, 35, shouted as the former first daughter took the stage at Bumps, the first of four stops for Clinton, Gov. Ed Rendell and actor/producer Rob Reiner.

"Oh, gosh, I don't know if everybody loves me," responded Chelsea, who made her first visit to the city's gay clubs a couple of weeks earlier and has made similar stops at gay bars in other cities while campaigning for her mother, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The reception was no less enthusiastic at the second stop, Sisters, a lesbian bar, where women dancing to Kool and the Gang's "Celebration" barely allowed Chelsea to speak because they kept interrupting her.

Out on the streets, Chelsea Clinton was like a pied piper, leading her dates for the night, Gov. Ed Rendell and actor/director Rob Reiner, and a throng of well-wishers that included transvestites, gay men and lesbians.

With Tuesday's primary days away, the gay bar tour shows how much the campaigns are courting the gay vote, which by some estimates represents as much as 5 percent of the city's vote.

"This is where the voters are," said Rendell as he walked with Bill Wood, the founder of Woody's, the most famous of the city's gay bars and the final stop of the night around 1 a.m.

Rendell's been a regular at the gay bars since he ran for district attorney in 1977, when he was credited with being the first straight candidate to court the gay vote. He made a similar campaign swing through the neighborhood in 2004 for John Kerry.

"These are important voters; they're smart; they're sophisticated, and they turn out in large numbers and always have," Rendell said.

[fso301]

It just occured to me that Chelsea is also wearing a red dress, probably a spaghetti strap but donned a grey business coat that doesn’t match the style of dress jor the fabric just for the photos.

[Lijahsbubbe]

"Chelsea, the gays love you!"

EEEK! Not something to brag about. Think about the other gay icons: Bette Midler, Cher, Madonna, always the mannish weird women.

[chemicalman]

Where was Hillary and Huma ?

Found one of them:

[csvset]

Can you imagine telling your child, "I really need this job. You have to go to gay and lesbian bars and let them paw all over you."

What low lifes.

I do hope Hillary stays in the battle to the bitter end. It'll be a long, hot summer. There will probably be riots in the streets before it's over.

[RightOnline]

Someone........someone in the Clinton campaign actually thought this was a good idea.

Words fail sometimes...........

[jmaroneps37]

Another example of the irresistible power of the new media. The ratmedia would NEVER EVER publish these pictures unless McCain was dumb enough to walk into this cesspool. These pictures would be very valuable except that barack mcgovern is going to be the rat nominee and the beast will just keep running for senate in NYS where they will help her. Maybe we'll see them again when chelsea runs for congress somewhere in a rat can't miss district, then they will GET HER VOTES.

[Born to Conserve]

Rendell is gay. Philadelphia policemen have been saying that for thirty years.

[FredZarguna]

It just occured to me that Chelsea is also wearing a red dress, probably a spaghetti strap but donned a grey business coat that doesn’t match the style of dress jor the fabric just for the photos.

I sure hope you're a gal. You've got waaaaayyyyy too much fashion sense for a straight guy...

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[lainie]

"Chelsea, the gays love you!"

What's Kathy Griffin gonna do now?

[gitmo]

The reception was no less enthusiastic at the second stop, Sisters, a lesbian bar, where women dancing to Kool and the Gang's "Celebration" barely allowed Chelsea to speak because they kept interrupting her.

I guess it's true: the nut doesn't fall far from the tree.

[Lijahsbubbe]

It'll be a long, hot summer. There will probably be riots in the streets before it's over.

Especially if Hillary starts wearing shorts.

[bannie]

You have to remember Poor Pitiful Pearl Chelsea!!!

[bannie]

In that "mini photo" you posted, you can see that Li'l Innocent Chel has Man Hands.

[wafflehouse]

you might not get the desired effect with a skinny woman like that though.. you are gonna need some bigger women

[wafflehouse]

wow. a thread full of incredibly awful pictures, and you managed to find the worst one of all of them

[wafflehouse]

it was a woman that grabbed her ass

[Rastus]

Even worse. Sexual harrassment if it was you or I. Here, it’s just cute color.

[meandog]

“I grabbed her ass,” one young woman exclaimed to her friends after snapping a picture with her arm around the former first daughter.

Ee-e-e-e-w!

[nutmeg]

The Governor of Pennsylvania led this gay bar pub crawl.

Reading stuff like this convinces me this country is going to Hell in a handcart...

[nutmeg]

Check out the pic in #32. ;-D