Posted on 05/02/2007 11:19:35 AM PDT by pissant
At a moment when Hillary Clinton's New York senatorial campaign is scrambling to bolster her sagging support among women, here comes more bad news.
At least one chapter of the National Organization for Women is endorsing Rudy Giuliani over Mrs. Clinton in the highly publicized race, while charges of impropriety stemming from the first lady's involvement in the Chinagate fundraising scandal are also surfacing.
"As Dulles NOW activists watched Mrs. Clinton's lifeless and seemingly perfunctory televised entry into the race, it reminded us of the role she played in the countless scandals tied to a discredited administration," stated the Virginia NOW chapter's president, Marie-Jose Ragab. NOW Dulles Chapter President Marie-Jose Ragab. Photo by B. Smith.
"The politics of personal destruction, the character assassinations, the intimidation and political persecutions unleashed from the White House against those who exercised constitutional rights, and the unprecedented degrading and ridiculing of women have left a trail of lies and deceit inseparable from her campaign," said Ragab.
The NOW chapter's decision to support Giuliani struck another blow at Mrs. Clinton's campaign for the New York seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Sen. Patrick Moynihan. Two recent polls of women voters in New York show the first lady trailing the popular mayor of New York City.
Political analysts agree that Mrs. Clinton must carry a majority of the women's vote in New York to win any election. However, one reason cited by Ragab for the NOW endorsement of Giuliani over Hillary Clinton was his emphasis on law enforcement.
"The decision was based on his long record of accomplishments, the years of dedicated public service, the envied improvements and quality of life he brought to his city and the curbing of violence against women in the streets and in the home," stated Ragab.
The NOW endorsement also comes at a time when Mrs. Clinton is under renewed criticism for her role in the 1996 Chinagate campaign finance scandal.
"I want to warn New York," stated Johnny Chung, a convicted Chinagate figure who worked closely with Mrs. Clinton.
"Hillary is warm and makes minorities feel like she is working for them. I felt that way too. I was wrong -- very wrong. My wife told me and my kids warned me. They knew I was wrong," said Chung.
On March 9, 1995, Chung handed a check made to Hillary Clinton's chief of staff Maggie Williams after a photographic opportunity with the first lady. Two days later, on March 11, 1995, Chung and several Chinese business representatives attended President Clinton's weekly radio address.
Chung later pled guilty to illegal campaign violations, including passing money to the 1996 Clinton campaign that came directly from the People's Liberation Army.
"I gave fifty thousand dollars to Mrs. Clinton's chief of staff," Chung said in an exclusive WorldNetDaily interview. "Money for political access to the White House. Money for business access. They knew what the money was for. They knew it was not legal."
"I was the giver of illegal money. I pled guilty," Chung said firmly. "The receiver, however, remains free. That too is wrong."
Chung stated that he was "not surprised" by the NOW endorsement of Giuliani over Mrs. Clinton.
"If a politician did not take the responsibility for what happened in 1996, then how can we possibly trust her with our vote today?" asked Chung.
FYI!!
Talk about the classical “kiss of death”.
NOW freepers? More like LATER freepers.
Ouch! I think the NAGs just shut the door on Giuliani. That’s gotta hurt.
This is hilarious.
rut roh!
Heck, if NARAL's loving embrace didn't kill Rudy's candidacy, this is small potatoes by comparision.
I have come to believe whatever valid complaints women of the ages have had, they have totally been undermined by NAGs.
It’s because they’re such strong supporters of strict constructionist judges.
This was 2000. But still. He gets the local NOW endorsement, NARAL would endorse neither because they supported Hillary and Rudy the same.
As the Rudy supporters here say: He’s a man of priciple that doesn’t change his mind.
This article is from Feb 2000 !!!!
NOW that’s a kiss of death if I’ve saw one.
His opponet was HILLARY, for crap’s sake. Maybe the way he sacked wife #2 has turned them against him since?
Dulles NOW was not your mother’s National Organization for Women they were and are a renegade group.
From their website;
“the popular dissident Chapter of the National Organization for Women located in Northern Virginia.
In line with the NOW Statement of Purpose, we rebelled against the national office in 1998 when the organization sided with the White House in the Lewinsky scandals, betraying itself, the membership and all American women. Harassed by the leadership, shunned by the establishment Old Media, we still stand.
Pro-choice, we have no litmus test on abortion. Like the majority of NOW members and the American public, we believe that partial-birth abortion equals infanticide and ought to be severely restricted.”
LOL. Maybe thats why he dropped out.
This is 7 years old
Is that endorsement as a man or in drag???
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