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“I've
never
done
this
before,”
said
Cynthia
Nixon,
to
a
standing-room
only
crowd
in
Wilton
Manors.
“I
have
never
flown
to
another
state
to
campaign
for
somebody.
I've
never
made
a
speech
on
behalf
of
a
presidential
candidate.
I've
never
given
the
maximum
amount
I
am
allowed
by
law
to
give
to
a
Presidential
candidate.
But
I
have
done
those
three
things
this
month...I
believe
we
are
at
a
moment
in
our
history
when
we
need
to
say,
‘We're
going
the
wrong
way.’”
Nixon
made
her
comments
Saturday,
September
27,
during
a
political
rally
at
the
Wilton
Manors
GLBT
Get
Out
The
Vote
center,
located
on
Wilton
Drive.
Nixon,
star
of
the
“Sex
And
The
City”
series
as
well
as
Broadway,
is
one
of
a
growing
arsenal
of
Hollywood
notables
who
have
thrown
their
support
behind
Democratic
candidate
for
President
Barack
Obama.
Her
Wilton
Manors
stop
was
part
of
a
Florida
tour,
during
which
she
made
several
campaign
stops
in
South
Florida,
also
including
a
voter
registration
at
Florida
Atlantic
University
in
Boca
Raton
and
several
private
events.
Nixon
spoke
critically
about
the
current
state
of
the
US
government,
as
she
tossed
out
barbs
against
both
President
Bush
and
current
Republican
Presidential
candidate
John
McCain.
She
also
spoke
out
against
Florida’s
Amendment
2,
which
if
passed
will
amend
the
state
constitution
against
any
legal
recognition
of
same-sex
relationships,
including
local
domestic
partnership
registries.
Since
there
are
already
laws
against
gay
marriage
in
Florida,
she
said
Amendment
2
serves
only
as
a
ploy
to
encourage
conservatives
to
vote,
thereby
generating
more
support
for
McCain.
This
is
a
tactic
that
led
Republicans
to
victory
in
2004,
when
George
Bush
appealed
for
the
need
of
a
federal
amendment
against
gay
marriage—which
never
had
a
chance
of
passing,
yet
he
still
used
the
rhetoric
to
garner
voter
support.
“In
Florida…
(Republicans)
have
tried
to
do
again
what
they
did
four
years
ago:
they
put
anti-gay
initiatives
on
the
ballot
to
bring
out
the
homophobes
in
droves,”
she
said.
“What
happened
four
years
ago
was
so
horrible.
It
was
such
a
kick
in
the
stomach.
We
all
felt
like
we
were
the
scapegoat,
like
we
were
the
target.”
Nixon
also
pointed
out
the
fact
that
Florida
is
currently
the
largest
“swing
state”
in
the
nation,
where
political
polls
consistently
place
the
candidates
within
a
few
percentage
points
of
each
other.
After
shrieking
in
disbelief
that
any
voters
could
still
not
have
made
their
choices—as
the
candidates
have
taken
extremely
opposing
views
on
most
key
issues—she
acknowledged
that
there
are
still
many
undecided
voters
in
Florida,
who
may
be
swayed
by
Republican
fear-based
propaganda.
“People
have
fear
about
Senator
Obama's
relative
lack
of
experience,
and
Republicans
have
done
a
really
good
job
of
warmongering.
And
people
say,
"I
want
to
go
in
the
Obama
direction,
and
we
could
blood
back
into
our
country
that
is
withering.
But
I
better
go
with
the
old
war
horse.’
Before
we
take
a
big
step,
people
get
scared.”
Nixon
appealed
to
female
voters
who
had
supported
Hillary
Clinton’s
candidacy,
and
were
left
embittered
when
Obama
received
the
Democratic
nomination.
Rather
than
vote
for
another
candidate
in
protest,
however,
Nixon
said
it
was
important
to
support
what
was
best
for
the
country
as
a
whole.
“I
understand
there
are
some
die-hard
Hillary
fans
out
there,
who
loved
her
personally,
and
it
meant
the
world
to
them
that
a
woman
was
running,
and
there
was
a
chance
that
a
woman
would
be
our
next
President.
But
I
would
say,
‘What
would
Hillary
do?’
Hillary
would
vote
for
Obama."
She
noted
Obama’s
support
for
gay-inclusive
anti-discrimination
laws
in
Illinois
while
he
was
a
state
senator;
she
also
praised
Obama’s
running
mate
Sen.
Joe
Biden,
who
wrote
the
federal
Violence
Against
Women
Act.
“We're
in
an
era
where
we're
beyond
identity
politics,”
said
Nixon.
“It's
very
meaningful
to
me
when
there
are
women
in
office,
when
there
are
gay
people
in
office.
But
if
I
have
the
choice
between
having
a
Log
Cabin
Republican
elected,
or
a
straight
progressive
Democrat,
there's
no
contest.”
Nixon
cited
her
own
family
(she
is
in
a
relationship
with
a
woman,
but
has
children
from
her
previous
marriage),
saying
she
often
had
to
answer
questions
from
her
daughter
about
President
Bush’s
crusades
against
the
Middle
East
and
the
GLBT
community.
“I
have
two
kids--one
is
six
and
one
is
twelve--and
my
twelve-year-old
daughter
has
not
known
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