The GW Hatchet is sometimes very highschool...

You'd think the GW Hatchet would have better political writing, but I find it generally pretty similar to high school papers in that regard. Now I know what you're thinking, who reads anything besides the Crime Log and gossip in the Hatchet, but this particular article pissed me off.

Sophomore Sophie Zavaglia wrote an article called "Are Democrats ignoring gays?". She goes on to talk about how neither Obama or Hillary have anything on their websites about gay and lesbian issues and don't reach out to the gay audience. This couldn't be further from the truth for either candidate, but since I don't waste my time on Hillary's website I'm going to solely focus on Obama.

First, Zavaglia says Obama doesn't have GLBT in his "issues" section, which is true.. because it's under People. He actually has a website called Pride.BarackObama.Com. Sorry it's not under the issues sections. But the point is, Obama does GLBT outreach. When I was w/ the campaign in Iowa they did all the time. They even had an event at this hole-in-the wall gay bar called Mary's in Downtown Davenport, IA as part of the GLBT outreach efforts.

Has she not seen the awesome Rainbow version of the Obama O??

God what does this girl want? A whole PDF release on Obama's stance on gay issues? Fine, I'll give her One!

Did she also miss all the stories leading up to the Texas primary about Obama seeking out the gay vote?
Queerty's article, "Obama's Gay Push"
Huffington's, "Obama makes gay ad buys in Ohio, Texas"
there's like a million of these stories..

Did she miss the whole controversy about Obama and the Black Church audience. It's no secret that homophobia is rampant among the black christian community, and on Martin Luther King Day gave a speech at a huge black church in Atlanta in which Obama said, "We have scorned our gay brothers and sisters instead of embracing them. The scourge of anti-Semitism has, at times, revealed itself in our community. For too long, some of us have seen immigrants as competitors for jobs instead of companions in the fight for opportunity."

Dude- he said that TO THEIR FACE, and to a very mixed response by these church-goers. Obama loves the gays, gurl!

This is just lazy reporting, Ms. Zavaglia. Who the hell is your editor?