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W A S H I N G T O N, Oct. 19 — In an interview with a gay publication, President Clinton says homosexuals stood by his side during impeachment because they understood what it was like to be “publicly humiliated and abused.” Asked by The Advocate magazine how he felt about the support he received during the scandal from gays, Clinton said it “came from the same wellspring of experience that prompted so many African-Americans to stick with me — they’ve been there.” Expressing his lingering frustration with the investigation of his affair with a White House intern that ...

Tune in to WEEI in Boston right now...they are speaking to the Principal of the school that Albore said the "kids had to stand to attned class" The Principal calls it a bit of an exaggeration... www.weei.com

Poll: Voters Say Clinton Topped Lazio in 1st Debate NEW YORK (Reuters) - A poll of voters who watched the first debate between Senate candidates first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rep. Rick Lazio found Clinton as having done a better job. The Daily News/WCBS-TV poll of 274 people in New York state found 49 percent thought Clinton had performed better in the first face-off, while 36 percent gave Lazio the nod. Twenty-nine percent said they thought better of Clinton after the debate, while 13 percent felt less favorably toward the Democrat, the poll said. For Lazio, the Republican, the ...

US director Altman to move to France if Bush wins Updated 6:53 AM ET September 6, 2000 DEAUVILLE, France, Sept 6 (Reuters) - U.S. director Robert Altman, in France to promote his latest film "Dr T and the Women," said on Wednesday he would move to France if George W. Bush won the American presidential election in November. Altman, a four-time Oscar nominee whose films include "Nashville," "Short Cuts," "The Player" and "MASH," told Reuters he normally did not comment on politics at home but thought a Republican victory "would be a catastrophe for the whole world." "If George Bush ...

US director Altman to move to France if Bush wins Updated 6:53 AM ET September 6, 2000 DEAUVILLE, France, Sept 6 (Reuters) - U.S. director Robert Altman, in France to promote his latest film "Dr T and the Women," said on Wednesday he would move to France if George W. Bush won the American presidential election in November. Altman, a four-time Oscar nominee whose films include "Nashville," "Short Cuts," "The Player" and "MASH," told Reuters he normally did not comment on politics at home but thought a Republican victory "would be a catastrophe for the whole world." "If George Bush ...

NAACP may suspend Alcorn for remarks about Lieberman Local president denies remarks on radio were anti-Semitic 08/09/2000 By Todd J. Gillman / The Dallas Morning News The NAACP's national president was poised late Tuesday to suspend Dallas NAACP president Lee Alcorn, citing comments deemed anti-Semitic about Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential pick. Appearing on a Dallas radio show Monday, Mr. Alcorn said: "I'm concerned about, you know, any kind of Jewish candidate, you know, and I'm concerned about the Democratic Party. I'm sick of the Democratic Party taking the African-American vote for granted. ... "If we get a ...

I have been lucky enough to come from a large family and have never had anyone in my family succomb to the horrors of Cancer, but I have had friends and colleagues ravaged. However, if I were to have it, I don't want to know about it. You see people that find out and even though they put up a brave front, you know it is eating them alive and on their minds 24-7. What I don't know won't hurt me, and when it does, I will be going where we are all going at some point.