God and Hillary Clinton (37 page)

Chapter 14: Moving to the Middle

1.
“Senator Clinton Blasts Bush Administration over Abortion,”
Catholic Exchange
, January 18, 2005.

2.
“Sen. Clinton on Government Role in Caring for Sick,” Canisius College Press Release, January 18, 2005.

3.
“Catholic Groups Boycott Hillary Speech,”
Newsmax
, January 29, 2005.

4.
“Canisius College Invites Hillary Clinton, Abortion Views Upset Catholics,”
Life News
, February 1, 2005.

5.
“Senator Clinton Blasts Bush Administration over Abortion,”
Catholic Exchange
, January 18, 2005.

6.
“Catholic Groups Boycott Hillary Speech,”
Newsmax
, January 29, 2005.

7.
“Bishop Withdraws from Hillary Speech,”
Newsmax
, January 30, 2005.

8.
See: Michael Jonas, “Sen. Clinton Urges Use of Faith-based Initiatives,”
Boston Globe
, January 20, 2005; and Joe Mariani, “Hillary Clinton: One
Step Back, Shift to the Right,”
American Daily
, January 28, 2005.

9.
Editorial, “Hillary Tunes Up,”
New York Sun
, January 25, 2005.

10.
Editorial, “Senator Clinton's Values Lesson,”
New York Times
, January 30, 2005.

11.
Joseph Curl, “Hillary in the Middle on Values Issues,”
Washington Times
, January 26, 2005.

12.
Quoted in George Neumayr, “Safe, Legal, and Hillary,”
The American Spectator
, January 27, 2005.

13.
Randy Hall, “Catholic Group Opposes College's Plan to Honor Senator Clinton,”
The Nation
, April 21, 2005.

14.
Ibid.

15.
Ibid.

16.
Also see: Joyce Purnick, “Passing Buck on Schiavo Cheats Public,”
New York Times
, August 28, 2006.

17.
The Ivins piece was posted on the Common Dreams Web site on January 20, 2006.

18.
“Clintons: Pope a ‘Beacon' for Democracy,”
Newsmax
, April 3, 2005.

19.
To its credit, the conservative Web source NewsMax.com reported Clinton's remarks in full on April 8, 2005.

20.
“Former President Clinton Insults Pope on Way to Funeral,” LifeSiteNews.com, April 7, 2005.

21.
Michael J. Gaynor, “Pope John Paul II Is Praying for Bill Clinton,” MichiganNews.com, April 10, 2005.

22.
Brian Williams, “Bill Clinton Remembers Pope John Paul II,” MSNBC. com, April 7, 2005; and Bill Sammon, “Bush Keeps Low Profile at John Paul II's Funeral,”
Washington Times
, April 8, 2005.

23.
“Christian Defense Coalition: Senator Clinton Snubs Dialogue with Pro-Life Groups,” Press Release, Christian Defense Coalition, April 25, 2005.

24.
Bill Clinton,
My Life
(New York: Random House, 2004), p. 558.

25.
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
It Takes a Village
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), pp. 174–78.

26.
Kristen Lombardi, “Time for a Prayer Circle,”
Village Voice
, April 12, 2005.

27.
The press release from the college came on April 20. Mrs. Clinton had voted on the Mexico City Policy on April 5. Hall, “Catholic Group Opposes College's Plan to Honor Senator Clinton.”

28.
Tim Drake, “Marymount Manhattan: Catholic or Not?”
National Catholic Register
, May 22–28, 2005, p. 11; and Hall, “Catholic Group Opposes
College's Plan to Honor Senator Clinton.”

29.
Hall, “Catholic Group Opposes College's Plan to Honor Senator Clinton.”

30.
Ibid.

31.
Ibid.

32.
Ibid.

33.
Ibid.

34.
To cite one, see: “Catholic Groups Boycott Hillary Speech,”
Newsmax
, January 29, 2005. The terminology was also used by
National Review
, the
National Catholic Register
, and others.

35.
Raymond Hernandez and Patrick D. Healy, “The Evolution of Hillary Clinton,”
New York Times
, July 13, 2005.

36.
This occurred on August 30, 2005. See: Michael McAuliff, “Hil Shreds FDA Boss on Abort Pill,”
New York Daily News
, August 31, 2005.

37.
Clinton-Lazio Debate, held in Manhattan, October 8, 2000.

38.
“Clinton's ‘Plantation' Remark Draws Fire,” CNN.com, January 19, 2006.

39.
Ibid.

40.
Ibid.

41.
Ibid.

42.
Ibid.

43.
Michael McAuliff and Helen Kennedy, “Hil Has a Holy Cow over Immigrant Bill,” New York
Daily News
, March 23, 2006.

44.
For the record, Bush has been at odds with his own party through much of the immigration debate, and has generally not toed a hard line.

45.
McAuliff and Kennedy, “Hil Has a Holy Cow over Immigrant Bill.”

46.
“Hillary Clinton: Right Wingers to Blame for Abortion,” NewsMax. com, May 19, 2006.

47.
For the Focus on the Family news article on Dobson's statements, see: Gary Schneeberger, “Dobson Challenges Media to Fairly Report Stem-Cell Issue,” CitizenLink.org, June 28, 2004.

Chapter 15: Hillary and the Faith Factor

1.
Bill scored at 7 percent and 43 percent, respectively. The other figures measured were Pat Robertson, Pat Buchanan, George W. Bush, and Al Gore, who were ranked in order from most to least religious. See accompanying story: Elizabeth Crowley, “Bible Gives Shape to Conservative
Values of Fundamentalist Voters,”
Wall Street Journal
, March 9, 2000.

2.
Comments were made on January 20, 2001, with Sidey interviewed by Larry King and Caddell by Chris Matthews.

3.
Among others, see Dowd's “She Wants to Babaloo Too,”
New York Times
, September 8, 1999; and “Dragon Lady Politics,”
New York Times
, October 13, 1999.

4.
Susan Page, “Poll Majority Say They'd Be Likely to Vote for Clinton,”
USA Today
, May 27, 2005.

5.
Klein is the author of
The Truth About Hillary
. He said this in “The Truth About Hillary,” Q&A by Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online, June 20, 2005; and on the radio talk show, “Quinn in the Morning,” WPGB, 104.7 FM, Pittsburgh.

6.
Christopher Flickinger, “Author Ed Klein Claims Clintons ‘Sold Their Souls to the Devil in Order to Achieve Power,'” Human Events Online, July 8, 2005.

7.
“Hillary Marches in St Patrick's Day Parade,” Catholic League News Release, March 17, 2006.

8.
Ibid.

9.
“Frontline: American Porn,”
Frontline
, February 7, 2002 (original airdate), Program #2012, Transcript, p. 11.

10.
Ibid.

11.
Michael Kelly, “The Flynt Standard,”
Washington Post
, January 13, 1999.

12.
“Frontline: American Porn,”
Frontline
, February 7, 2002 (original airdate), Program #2012, Transcript, p. 14.

13.
See, for instance, the 2004
Book of Discipline
for the United Methodist Church. The 2004 edition is the most recent edition at the time of the writing of this book. The next edition will come out in 2008.

14.
See the Web site for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

15.
The
Book of Discipline
of the United Methodist Church states unequivocally: “[W]e support the legal option of abortion under proper medical procedures.” Among the contradictions in the
Book of Discipline
is this statement on abortion: “We cannot affirm abortion as an acceptable means of birth control.” In fact, the vast majority of abortions are for the purpose of birth control.

16.
Jennifer Senior, “The Once and Future President Clinton,”
New York Magazine
, November 15, 2005.

17.
Bill Clinton,
My Life
(New York: Random House, 2004), p. 229.

18.
Ibid.

19.
Hillary Rodham Clinton quotes on “Religion” (undated), compiled in Claire G. Osborne,
The Unique Voice of Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Portrait
in Her Own Words
(New York: Avon Books. 1997), pp. 88–90.

20.
Raymond Hernandez and Patrick D. Healy, “Evolution of Hillary Clinton,”
New York Times
, July 13, 2005.

21.
“‘What Does Hillary Think?' New Special Report Raises Disturbing Questions about Hillary Clinton and Abortion,” Judicial Watch, November 27, 2006. The May 1993 Galston memo and others are posted at the Web site of Judicial Watch.

22.
This was reported by Fred Barnes, “A Pro-Life White House,”
The Weekly Standard
, January 1/8, 2001, p. 13.

23.
Interview with William F. Harrison, January 10, 2007; and Stephanie Simon, “Offering Abortion, Rebirth,”
Los Angeles Times
, November 29, 2005.

24.
Steven Ertelt, “Democratic Prez Candidates Target Pro-Life Voters with Religious Outreach,” LifeNews.com, December 13, 2006.

25.
The information on Carter in this section is taken from Ralph Z. Hallow, “Carter Condemns Abortion Culture,”
Washington Times
, November 4, 2005.

26.
“Zogby/Associated Television News Poll Reveals: Abortion Tough Issue for Hillary Clinton & '06 Congressional Democrats,” Associated Television News / PR Newswire, March 22, 2006.

27.
Tom McFeely, “Democrats Woo Religious,”
National Catholic Register
, August 6–12, 2006.

28.
E. J. Dionne Jr., “Obama's Eloquent Faith,”
Washington Post
, June 30, 2006.

29.
McFeely, “Democrats Woo Religious.”

30.
Ibid.

31.
Ibid.

32.
Mother Teresa wrote this in her official letters to Mrs. Clinton and the other delegates at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995, and to the Cairo conference a year earlier.

33.
Matt Bai, “Mrs. Triangulation,”
New York Times Magazine
, October 2, 2005.

34.
Hillary Rodham Clinton quotes on “Religion” (undated), compiled in Claire G. Osborne,
The Unique Voice of Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Portrait in Her Own Words
(New York: Avon Books, 1997), pp. 88–90.

35.
Ibid.

36.
Ibid., pp. 88–90.

37.
Hernandez and Healy, “Evolution of Hillary Clinton.”