Source: GaySocialits.com, MSNBC, Washington Post

Chelsea Clinton went on Friday night gay club crawl in Philadelphia photo: GaySocialites.com

Led around the neighborhood by Gov. Ed Rendell, Chelsea was mobbed by local gays and lesbians, as she walked from one club to the next. They ran up to hug her, posed for pictures and certainly invaded her personal space.

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

It's become a tradition for Rendell to visit four or five of the most popular gay clubs before election day, but this time his political star power was eclipsed by the former first daughter.

The theme of the evening: Chelsea is fab, vote for Hillary!

"We love your highlights!" a group of gay men screamed as Chelsea exited Tavern on Carmac. "You're gorgeous, baby."

"Thank you, but that's not why you should vote for my mom," Chelsea joked.

“Chelsea, the gays love you!” one fan exclaimed, as she took the microphone at Bump, a restaurant and bar that was her first stop. “Oh, gosh, I don’t know if everybody loves me,” she responded.

The Clinton campaign is not afraid to say they want the gay vote in Pennsylvania.

How was the response?

"The gay community has great feelings toward the [former] president and Hillary and they happen to love Chelsea," Rendell said.

“We’ll see tonight, easily, 1,500 people,” he said. “And they’re all voters.”

After being introduced by Rendell, Clinton gave a brief speech to the mostly male crowd at Woody's, which briefly stopped dancing and checking out the dancers standing on tables (and wearing only briefs) to listen to her.

"I'm so excited to be here," she told the crowd. She shook hands, posed for pictures, and thanked her mother's supporters before quickly heading out. Unlike her mother, she didn't down any whiskey shots.

In all, she visited four bars in Center City, concluding her tour at Woody’s, the city’s most famous gay bar. Getting from one event to another proved difficult at times, as she was constantly stopped by admirers while walking down the sidewalk. She reached into car windows to shake hands and was followed by several young women who tried to pose for photos on their camera phone, but seemed incapable of properly saving the pictures.

Standing with actors Rob Reiner and Robert Gant, Chelsea appeared overwhelmed at Bump when the mob started complimenting her hair, which they had also done several weeks ago when she spoke at a Stonewall Democrats event at Woody’s. But she smiled and laughed throughout her very short remarks.

As 50 men and a handful of women gathered around her in the middle of Carmac Street, Clinton gave a five-minute discourse on her mother's education policy, explaining the flaws of No Child Left Behind and how her mother would fix it.

At Sisters, a lesbian bar, Rendell reflected on Chelsea’s statement that her mother would be a better president than her father was, and suggested she may have angered former President Clinton in the process.

Rendell appeared to be in his element. As Chelsea posed for more photos inside Bump, the governor held court outside, quizzing onlookers about Pennsylvania history, and grabbing the phone of one voter to talk to his undecided mother. He acknowledged to the caller that there were two good Democratic candidates, but said he thought Hillary would do a better job.

“OK, governor, don’t run my minutes up,” the man said, trying to get the phone back from Rendell.

Last weekend, Chelsea also campaigned among a gay party crowd on Saturday night when she visited the Red Party in Portland, Ore.

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