Posted on 04/12/2005 9:45:02 AM PDT by jcb8199
NEW YORK - Former President Clinton says it's "sad" that a Republican political consultant who married his male partner is raising funds to defeat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. But an associate says there's nothing wrong with being gay and Republican.
Clinton said Monday there might be "some sort of self-loathing" for Arthur Finkelstein, the longtime GOP operative who helped Gov. George Pataki unseat Democrat Mario Cuomo in 1994.
Finkelstein told The New York Times last week that he had married his partner of 40 years in Massachusetts, saying he believes "visitation rights, health care benefits and other human relationship contracts that are taken for granted by all married people should be available to partners." The marriage took place in December.
Finkelstein is lining up donors to help raise $10 million for a "Stop Her Now" committee to defeat the senator's 2006 re-election effort. New York magazine first reported Finkelstein's "Stop Her Now" plan in February, and a GOP operative speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the account to The Associated Press at the time.
At a news conference Monday about his foundation's AIDS initiatives, the former president was asked whether the anti-Hillary efforts made him angry.
"Actually, I was sort of sad when I read it," he said.
"I thought, one of two things. Either this guy believes his party is not serious and is totally Machiavellian in its position, or you know, as David Brock said in his great book 'Blinded by the Right,' there's some sort of self-loathing or something. I was more sad for him."
In the book Clinton was referring to, the formerly conservative Brock says that when he attacked the left he was expressing his own gay self-hatred.
Finkelstein did not return a call seeking comment.
Kieran Mahoney, a GOP consultant who has worked with Finkelstein, said Clinton was "engaging in pretty basic stereotyping by suggesting that because somebody's gay they have to be a Democrat."
The national Republican Party has taken an aggressive stance against gay marriage, with President Bush endorsing a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Asked about his wife's possible presidential ambitions, Clinton said, "Whatever she wants to do I'm for her, but we should deal with the matters at hand," referring to issues before Congress and her re-election plans.
What's "sad" is that this thing (Hillary) is a United States Senator.
You should lay off the gay bashing Willy, your wife is a closet carpet-muncher.
What's sad is that that scumbag ever represented this country.
What is a carpet muncher?
No, I think it's quite clear Finkelstein has "some sort of Hillary-loathing." LOL.
"You should lay off the gay bashing Willy, your wife is a closet carpet-muncher."
OMG, you have me laughing at my desk!
Lesbian
Clinton once again attacking the messager not defending job performance. Hillary has not done squat for NYS. That is why Bubba does will not go there.
A mechanical robotic vaccuum cleaner that rips out old carpets and automatically puts new ones in.
Yes, Hitlery went over the top when she finally figured out that there were at least a thousand bimbos and interns between her and Willy's genitals. It has been known for some time she turned to other resources for her kicks...I can see the Presidential-race bumper stickers now...well, you can use your imagination -- LOL ! or maybe we will get real lucky with headlines "Hillary and Janet Reno wed in Massachusetts"....LOL LOL!!!
Ever notice how liberals flip the gay issue back at Republicans? If Republicans are gay then it's evil (which it is but in a political sense it's not)
The press always ate it up, never asking the next question. SOS from Slick.
oh man... now I'm totally grossed out. ew. dang. someone please.. pour acid in my ears or something to rid me of the visual.
Same thing as a lap licker.
don;'t ask or this thread's gonna get pulled.
as for Bill, my question is: Exactly what is your meaning of the word "sad," Bill?
llama hunter, stay out of my yard, I like my Llamas.
Why is she running for the senate again, if she's going to run for the whitehouse? Is she going to do to NY what x42 did to Arkansas? While she's running for president, is she going to resign from the senate?
Mr. Finkelstein should be concerned. Once these Clintons get a bead on him, he's likely to tracked, exposed, stalked, blackmailed, and otherwise harmed.
I assume he's already put in a call to George Soros.
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