Hillary Watch

HOLY WAR. Recently, Hillary spoke out against the House bill (HR 4437) to prevent and punish illegal immigration, only this time she claimed she had God on her side. Mrs. Clinton called the proposed legislation "mean-spirited" and said it is "certainly not in keeping with my understanding of the Scriptures, because this bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself." Her argument that the immigration measure is un-Christian echoes the sentiments of liberal Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahoney of Los Angeles, who recently advised his flock to disobey the bill if it became law. Hillary has distorted the Good Book for her own liberal purposes before, most notably in January 2000, when she criticized Rudy Giuliani's promise to clean up New York City streets: "We are celebrating the birth of a homeless child. Well, tonight in New York there will be no room at the inn for thousands and thousands." Last year, she mentioned the Holy Family while debating proposed spending cuts: "I grew up loving the Christmas season, telling the story over and over again about how Mary and Joseph found themselves with no place to stay and how Jesus was born in the manger. Many people say: Look, they were shut out, left behind. We are shutting out and leaving behind a lot of our children with these budget decisions. It is wrong."

Rep. Peter King (R.-N.Y.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, took Hillary to task. "I hope Sen. Clinton is a better legislator than she is a theologian," King said, "I don't think Jesus would have defended alien-smuggling gangs. I don't think Jesus would favor hundreds of immigrants dying in the desert." In fact, King claimed, "Stopping alien smuggling gangs is doing God's work." And as for people like Mrs. Clinton and Cardinal Roger Mahoney, King said, "These people who are supposed to be speaking for God, saying this [the bill] is a sin, and they should go to confession." Meanwhile, even President Bush took an apparent swipe at Hillary for her comments, saying: "When we conduct this debate, it must be done in a civil way. It must be done in a way that brings dignity to the process. It must be done in a way that doesn't pit one group of people against another." House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R.-Wis.) said he was confident that the controversial provisions in the bill making illegal immigration a felony would be reduced to misdemeanors, but that still didn't satisfy Sen. Clinton. She said, "Sensenbrenner and those who stand with him are going to pay a political price." And what does she mean by that exactly? Polls show that most Americans agree that illegal immigration is a serious problem and that we need to vigorously enforce our immigration laws, so it stands to reason that this majority would vote to keep politicians like Sensenbrenner in office. Maybe she is referring to the fact that illegal immigrants are often able to vote, and-of course-they almost always vote Democrat.

MCFARLAND MILITIA. Kathleen McFar land attended a recent event hosted by Suffolk County GOP Chairman Harry Withers on Long Island. The New York Post reported that she told the gathering, "Hillary Clinton is worried about me, and is so worried, in fact, she had helicopters flying over my house in Southampton today taking pictures." She also said that Hillary's people were taking photographs of her Manhattan home from an apartment building across the street. The Post said the audience was "stunned" when they heard her charges. McFarland's GOP primary opponent, John Spencer, said he was in the audience and heard her make the remarks. "She wasn't trying to be funny," Spencer told the AP, "And, no one laughed." Even one of McFarland's neighbors was interviewed and said McFarland was full of it. But McFarland insists she was only joking. "This is a perfect example of what is happening in American politics. One misinterpreted joke and your opponents are smearing you in the press," she said in a statement. "I continue to believe that we can be better than that. But, I've got to tell you, it's not easy." As always, Hillary's campaign had a lame joke at the ready: "We at the Hillary campaign wish Ms. McFarland the best and hope she gets the rest she needs."

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