This is a must watch! I watched the Presidential Debate on MTV’s LOGO TV the other night. I first noticed it advertised on Keith Olbermann’s show on MSNBC by the HRC. I saw Hillary Clinton and Obama and Edwards and Kucinich. The debate was upclose and it was more real than any of the debates we have seen this year with an excellent, unique format. Clinton said she still against gay marriage as Edwards.

Really good questions but I especially liked that the candidates were interviewed one at a time with no time limit for a particular answer and no posturing and no poking at the other candidates. It brought out each candidate’s best, I thought.

We were sitting here applauding Kucinich, he seemed like much less of a joke in this format, got me thinking that maybe he COULD have a chance if people got to see him in such a format more often.

Margaret Carlson was the moderator; I think I recognize her from Countdown or something. She’s written for Time and Bloomberg news. It’s those glasses, though. Melissa Etheridge was very sharp. She asked tough questions politely. Etheridge did an awesome job and put her heart into everything she said as always.

Anyway, so now I’ve seen two of the debates (okay, this wasn’t a debate, but whatever) and overall, despite Hillary and Obama’s waffling on the gay marriage issue, I think they both did well and actually, so did Edwards who was the most waffley of all. Mainly because none of the interviewers were jerks. They all treated all the candidates decently, which was good. I’m sure Biden and Dodd are sorry they sat it out; they really look like total chickens for no good reason.

I feel kind of like the lady I saw interviewed today on CNN. She was gay and was elevating the Dems showing with gay issues and she said: “It showed us that the Dems are more open to discuss equal rights for gay people” and are more willing to work for that.

Here is a bulletin posted from Matthew Shepard’s myspace:

Tonight history was made and Hillary Clinton prevailed…

Body: Tonight the Democratic Presidential candidates attended the first ever GLBT (Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender) forum hosted by The Human Rights Campaign and Logo Tv in Los Angeles. Logo channel fo those of you sheltered people, is a gay channel- a sister channel to MTV. Never in the history of America has this occured.

Barack Obama impressed me which is very rare. Dennis Kucinich was very sincere and that seems so hard to come by. John Edwards lost any chance of support from “the gays” he kept on repeating that he did not support gay marriage, um good one!!! He is over… Bill Richardson well what to say? I feel like him and I should have a connection being that I am Hispanic and all. This is not the case however, sadly he also failed miserably.

The candidate that shined even through tough questions from Melissa Etheridge, was Hillary Clinton. When asked about how not much was done and how ‘don’t ask don’t tell’ was a failure she carefully and accurately described how it was a good policy at the time. She continued saying how the Republicans had control of the House of Reps and how much her husband fought for some middle ground regarding gays in the military. No one understands that progress takes time. Hillary Clinton is our girl!

Here is the Debate on Logo’s Visible Vote ’08 Blog