Hillary watch

Human Events, Feb 26, 2001

Association of Towns to discuss her plans to "reinvigorate" small-town economies. According to closely guarded sources, her plan consists of the government's keeping more of the taxpayer's money and spending it on unnecessary, inefficient and unconstitutional federal programs.

Coddling Fashion Designers. The Washington Tunes reports that the Chinese firm Fapai, which makes women's dresses and men's formal wear, has offered Hillary's husband $2 million to be "image ambassador" for the company. Fapai said that Sen. Clinton has responded to the offer in a letter. "Mrs. Clinton thanked us on her own and her husband's behalf for the offer and expressed readiness to discuss it face to face with the company director," the company told the Beijing Youth Daily. Maybe John Huang and Charlie The can help facilitate the deal.

Supporting Anti-Christian 'Art.' Like any good minister of propaganda, Mrs. Clinton is a big fan of government-subsidized art. One therefore has to wonder what she feels about Renee Cox's piece, "Yo Mama," now at the Brooklyn Museum, which substitutes a naked black woman for Christ at the Last Supper, and whose costs have been defrayed with state and federal taxpayer dollars. While New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has made clear his opposition to this anti-Christian bigotry masquerading as "art," Mrs. Clinton has remained strangely silent on this matter concerning her adopted home state. We eagerly await her opinion on this controversial issue.