["She describes the assertion as "an outrageous lie", saying she
has worked all her life to promote tolerance. "This never
happened," she said. However, Fray's wife, Mary-Lee, stood by
the account yesterday, saying: "It definitely happened." --MS]
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/07/16/stifgnusa02007.html
The Times of London
July 16 2000 UNITED STATES
Getting rough: Hillary Clinton is beginning to feel the pressure
Book lights fuse under Hillary's Jewish vote
By Tom Rhodes, New York
A POLL last week that put Hillary Clinton's support among New
York's Jewish voters at only 54% showed how much ground she had
to make up in her campaign for a Senate seat.
The dispute that engulfed her yesterday over an anti-semitic
remark she was alleged to have made 26 years ago is certain to
impede her attempt to reach a traditional Democratic benchmark of
67%.
Clinton can be under no illusions about the importance of winning
over New York's Jewish community, the largest in America. While
Jewish people make up 9% of the state's population, they go to
the polls in higher numbers than any other group, accounting for
up to 30% of voters.
The accusation in a new book that she called one of her husband's
aides a "Jew bastard" - a remark that she vehemently denies
making - may shatter her hopes of opening up a clear lead over
Rick Lazio, the Republican candidate, who is running
neck-and-neck with her in opinion surveys.
"That a liberal Democratic candidate in New York can raise only
54% of the Jewish vote is not pretty," said Eric Alterman, a
Jewish commentator. "This quote, accurate or not, is not going to
help. Mrs Clinton's campaign is in a lot of trouble."
The claim that Clinton screamed abuse at the manager of her
husband's unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1974 is made in State
of a Union, to be published this week. Jerry Oppenheimer, the
author, says that during a row at the end of the campaign in
Arkansas in 1974, Clinton called Paul Fray "you f****** Jew
bastard".
She describes the assertion as "an outrageous lie", saying she
has worked all her life to promote tolerance. "This never
happened," she said.
However, Fray's wife, Mary-Lee, stood by the account yesterday,
saying: "It definitely happened."
Although a Baptist, Fray's father was Jewish. His wife said that
good relations between the couples had been soured for ever after
that night. "Hillary's just going to have to pay for the
consequences of her actions," she said.
According to the book, Clinton's paternal grandmother was known
for her vigorous antipathy towards Jews and Catholics. Her
mother, Dorothy Rodham, is said to have held a life-long grudge
against a Jewish family member she would regularly chastise.
The Jewish community in New York, already sceptical of Clinton
because of her support for a Palestinian state, is bound to be
angered by the alleged comment.
An early beneficiary could be Mark McMahon, 39, a
British-educated doctor with a flourishing Manhattan practice who
is expected to enter the Senate race this week as an insurgent
Democratic candidate. He calls Clinton a carpetbagger.
McMahon is a strong advocate of Israel who has already gained
powerful backing from the local Jewish lobby.
"She has never realised how important Israel is to so many New
Yorkers," he said. "But this could be devastating."
The orthopaedic surgeon seems an unlikely opponent. A political
novice who learnt most of his tactics while studying government
at the London School of Economics, he placed himself on the
ballot last week to contest the Democratic nomination.
His late entry to the race has provoked speculation that he may
undermine her chances of defeating Lazio, 42, in November's
election.
Although McMahon has little hope of unseating her in a planned
primary contest in September, the ability of an unknown to rally
support for his candidacy was seen as humiliating to a sleek $10m
campaign that can count President Clinton as its chief adviser.
McMahon said Clinton had grandiose personal ambitions for the
White House but no notion of the needs of the state's 4.9m
Democrats.
"She's a carpetbagger and a dishonest one at that," said McMahon.
"I'm a native New Yorker who cares deeply about the issues in
this state and I don't have her litany of negative baggage."
McMahon can only benefit from the increasingly negative campaign
surrounding Clinton.
"People in New York are not stupid," he said. "They understand
when you say one thing and do another. That's why more than 50%
of registered Democrats in this state don't think Hillary Clinton
should be running here at all."
When questioned about McMahon, Clinton was non-committal: "We'll
just have to wait and see what happens."
Copyright 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd
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