He's the mouth that roars

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Liberals and Democrats go out of their way to portray conservatives and Republicans as homophobes and ohhhh so less tolerant and enlightened. But it seems that the dems and libs are actually the ones who should have the light shined on them. Remember the Presidential debates? Kerry brought up the fact that Cheney’s daughter is a lesbian. The way he brought it up was both mean spirited and calculated to hurt and gain political points. But the dems are the party that has the best interest of the gay & lesbian community at heart.

Now Bubba – Slick Willie has viciously attacked a man, not because he is a Republican, not because he is a conservative. But because he is homosexual.

Liberals & Democrats intolerant and hypocritical from top to bottom.

In a cheap shot that set a new low for ex-Presidents, Clinton said a gay Republican strategist who recently married his male partner "may be blinded by self-loathing." Clinton's target,,,,, I wonder what the gays think of that statement?

He's the mouth that roars

When Bill Clinton starts talking politics, it usually pays to listen. But the only point he made with an outburst Monday was to prove that somebody ought to put a sock in the former First Mouth. In a cheap shot that set a new low for ex-Presidents, Clinton said a gay Republican strategist who recently married his male partner "may be blinded by self-loathing."Clinton's target was Arthur Finkelstein, a GOP operative who helped elect candidates from George Pataki to Jesse Helms. Last week it was reported the reclusive Finkelstein had quietly married his partner several months ago in Massachusetts, which permits same-sex marriage. The nuptial news came as Finkelstein is organizing an effort to defeat Sen. Hillary Clinton next year. Bill Clinton no doubt thought he was being clever by linking Finkelstein's private life to his political career and using the combo to bash the poor fellow over the head - all to Hillary's benefit. The bashing does remind Finkelstein and the rest of us of Rule No. 1 in ClintonWorld: Only Bill Clinton may humiliate his wife. You don't need a shrink's license to believe his fake chivalry is all about his own skirt-chasing guilt. In fact, the last thing Hillary Clinton needs is to look like she needs him to defend her. If she can't defend herself, she doesn't belong in the Senate and has no business running for President. In other words, buzz off, Bubba. But Bubba can't buzz off. It's always about him. What he says, what he wants, who he wants. Yet this one is a head-scratcher, because there is no obvious upside. Even in the cold calculus of politics, the Finkelstein smear smells like a clumsy mistake. First, Clinton must know that one of the most destructive stereotypes about minorities is that they are all expected to behave and believe one way. Black Republicans get this all the time - the charge they are "not authentic" blacks because most blacks are Democrats and believe in big government. That expectation played out in ugly fashion when Harry Belafonte, an entertainer, called Colin Powell - war hero, secretary of state - an "Uncle Tom" who did "his master's bidding." Belafonte's only standing to make such a charge was that he, like most black politicians, was against the Iraq war. Thus, "real" blacks should have been against the war. Clinton apparently now proposes a similar litmus test for gays - they must support only candidates who support gay marriage. But even that conflicts with Clinton's own shiftiness on gay marriage. As Newsweek reported, Clinton advised John Kerry last year to support the same-sex bans on the ballots in 11 states. Clinton thought Kerry could win those states by supporting the bans. Even Kerry, no stranger to flip-flopping, was shocked at the advice. "I'm not ever going to do that," he told his staff. So what is Bubba up to? Besides snuggling up to the Bushes whenever he gets a chance, campaigning for a Nobel Prize and hoping to be secretary general of the UN? Maybe nothing more. Maybe he's losing his touch. Sometimes smart people do stupid things. Or as Finkelstein friend Michael McKeon deftly put it: "It's really beneath a former President to comment on someone's personal life like that. After everything he has been through in his own life, you'd think he'd know better." Yes, you'd think.

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