http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/299104p-255983c.html
Bill: Gay GOPer 'self-loathing'
BY AUSTIN FENNER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Ex-President Bill Clinton criticized a gay GOP critic of his wife,
Hillary, as suffering from 'self-loathing.'
Former President Bill Clinton wasn't about to let just anybody attack
his wife - especially a gay Republican operative. Clinton fired back
yesterday, suggesting that political consultant Arthur Finkelstein,
who has launched a "Stop Her Now" campaign, is suffering from
"self-loathing."
Finkelstein married his male partner in a civil ceremony in Massachusetts
in December, with a few of his conservative clients at the nuptial.
"... He went to Massachusetts and married his longtime male partner
and then he comes back here and announces this," Clinton said at a
Harlem news conference.
"I thought, one of two things. Either this guy believes his party is
not serious, and is totally Machiavellian in his position, or there's
some sort of self-loathing there. I was more sad for him."
His decision to bring up Finkelstein's sexuality hearkened back to a
similar remark made by John Kerry in an Oct. 13, 2004, presidential
debate.
In responding to a question whether homosexuality was a matter of
choice, Kerry said, "I think if you were to talk to ***** Cheney's
daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she's being who
she was, she's being who she was born as."
Finkelstein did not return calls for comment.
Republicans believe that if Hillary Clinton can be defeated in her
Senate reelection efforts in 2006, it would kill her chances of
running for the presidency in 2008.
Her husband appeared in Harlem to announce a $10 million initiative
aimed at eradicating HIV/AIDS among children in Africa.
Originally published on April 12, 2005
2005 Daily News, L.P.
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