On Wednesday Dame Reginald Dwight (a.k.a. Elton John) sang to a crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters at Radio City Music Hall.  The benefit raised about $2.5 million in a state that Clinton already won, but it was necessary because she is nearly $20 million in the red and the polling data from the upcoming Pennsylvania primary does not look good as Clinton’s 20 point lead dwindled to almost nothing (some polls have her losing).

Clinton, her family, friends and supporters all leapt to their feet to applaud an idiotic rant from Dwight where he opined on why Clinton was floundering in the polls and fundraising. Before they began applauding they really should have thought about the comments that Elton made because the only people who already voted for or against Clinton are Democrats.

I'm pretty sure that even in Britain it is considered bad form to bite the hand that feeds you and Clinton needs fed!  She lags in both votes and money and is in desperate need of both if she wants to fend off her doom on April 22nd.

Sir Elton (oh, did I call him Dame – well a title is a title and he wanted Queen, but Elizabeth has that one) addressed the crowd and his remarks are being reported as if they mattered because he made them.  They mattered because what he said was endorsed (with a smile and a bad joke by Clinton herself) and because they had to do with Democrats - not Republicans.

Republicans have not had a crack at voting for or against Hillary yet and one would think that even in the heat of being serenaded by someone as talented as the 300 pound poof from Britain - the Clinton camp would have realized that playing the "they don't like me because I'm a woman" card - again - would not be very smart this late in the campaign.  They don't think well when things are scripted, as this clearly was since stand up is not exactly Hillary's greatest asset.

Dwight started out innocent enough, “I've always been a Hillary supporter,” said the 61-year-old drag queen.  “There is no one more qualified to lead America.”  I don’t know about that – surely there is someone better than a woman who has no experience in running anything except interference for “bimbo eruptions” when her husband was POTUS.  Then he said this:

“I'm amazed by the misogynistic attitudes of some of the people in this country. And I say to hell with them.... I love you Hillary, I'll be there for you.”

Instead of attempting to smile and crack a joke – Clinton should have done something to distance herself from the broad generalization that Democrats are not voting for her because they like an anti-Semitic black guy more than they like women in general.  What a stupid remark and silly argument, but Clinton stood by and laughed and giggled while it was made.

The idea that a Brit is worried that Americans hold contempt or an unfounded hatred of women is almost as silly as thinking that because Great Britain elected Margaret Thatcher to the Premiership in 1979 that there is an affinity toward powerful conservative women in that country.

Besides, tolerance is hardly a virtue of Britain and it has nothing to do with the fact that they lack freedoms that we have in America and have a system of governance that allowed a radical and racist group to not only go unchecked for a decade, but to be exported to the rest of the world is evidence that we should probably ignore anyone that wears more sequins than Gay Aiken.

Skinheads trace their roots to the 1950s in Britain.  The British government ignored their violence and hatred for Pakistanis and other Asian minorities as well as Jews and blacks until Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister in 1979.  Skinheads were unapologetic for their violent attacks and made no attempt to distinguish between men and women (I guess that is great for Sir Elton).  Skinheads found all people belonging to minority groups to be “dogs” and less than human and therefore ripe for the kicking (with heavy black boots).

They saluted like Nazis, styled their “uniforms” like the SS and modeled their organization like something from 1930s Germany and now we have a Brit coming to America to give speeches about how much Democrats hate women?  Far be it from me to stop Dwight from speaking, but British entertainers should come to America and embrace the nation and entertain us.  They should get their nose out of our politics.

What is really amazing is that no matter what happens Democrats are going to put forward either a woman or a black for the most powerful job in the world – hardly intolerant is it?

Elton John should hop on a plane and take himself back to his native Britain and worry about the problems of that country.  A place where Muslim youth feel persecuted, where unemployment is rampant and poverty immense and where the most powerful minority in the British government is the modern day equivalent of the Groom of the Stool.

Using Dwight's logic Democrats are the only people that have a problem with women.  We already know what happens when Clinton begins losing ground to Obama: undoubtedly she will cry at some point before the Pennsylvania primary and some people on cable will pretend it was genuine.  She will take to the stage and give a speech about how hard she works and then, and only then, will she remind people about the anti-Semitic preacher loving Obama.  Unfortunately for her - it is too late.  Obama is virtually unstoppable.

It is far more likely that Hillary Clinton is not ahead in this race because she carries the name Clinton.  Her husband’s legacy of impeachment and scandal are reminders of what another Clinton Administration would be.  Is it possible that, like Benedict Arnold, people with the last name Clinton will forever be treated more harshly than those who are lucky enough not to carry that name?  Are we going to come up with a word for those who were affiliated with the former president and are now considered political pariahs?  It is not misogyny taking away Hillary's last chance to be the President of the United States - it is the American people's desire to throw out the dynastic players belonging to the Clinton and Bush families.

Dame Elton just needs to go home.  If some in the celebrity set really wanted to help Democratic candidates they should just be quiet because these endorsements have a way of backfiring (remember Whoopie Goldberg’s outburst for John Kerry).  There is a fine line before supporters become liabilities and for Elton John that line was crossed when he showed just how uninformed he was and declared the Democratic Party a place where women are unwelcome.

Hillary Clinton needs the votes of the people that Elton declared misogynists and she is not going to get them if the sequins jacket wearing poof comes to America bashing people in the very party he wants to replace President George Bush.

Steve Yuhas is a radio talk show host on AM 600 KOGO in southern California and may be reached atsteve@steveyuhas.com or www.steveyuhas.com