Mrs. Clinton attacks presidential "opponent," Bush
Updated 10:29 PM ET August 6, 2000By Randall Mikkelsen
EDGARTOWN, Mass (Reuters) - First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
stepped up her criticism of Republican presidential nominee
George W. Bush on Sunday, twinning her race for the U.S. Senate
with the presidential campaign.
"We're going to have a very stark choice in this election between
me and my opponent at the presidential level as to whether we
continue the policies that have worked or we go a different
direction," Clinton said at a reception to raise $150,000 for her
campaign for a New York seat in the U.S. Senate.
Standing on a stage under a tent at a harborfront home, she
attacked the Texas governor as a sympathizer with the National
Rifle Association's opposition to gun control.
"Governor Bush's policies are basically against every gun safety
measure and for concealed weapons in every setting, including
church, and that is a very stark difference between us," she
said.
The first lady also criticized Bush over his policies on the
environment, health care and Social Security.
"These issues are not going to be listed on the ballot, but we're
going to try in the next 90 or so days to make sure that when
people vote, they know what they're really voting on," she said
President Clinton joined his wife, saying the senate and
presidential races were both critical to ensuring economic growth
and protecting against a Supreme Court that would threaten
abortion rights.
"You should support Hillary Clinton and (Democratic presidential
nominee) Al Gore and keep this economy going," he said to cheers
from several hundred supporters, including actor Jim Belushi.
The president said it was important to have Gore in the White
House making appointments to the Supreme Court but it was also
crucial to have pro-choice senators during the confirmation
process for Supreme Court judges.
Hillary Clinton said the issue of abortion "is clearly going to
be at the heart of this election."
CLINTON BROADENS HER ATTACK
Her remarks appeared to represent a broadening of her political
target beyond her campaign opponent, Republican U.S. Rep. Rick
Lazio, and an escalation of her attacks on Bush.
Mrs. Clinton last week denounced the Republican convention as
"photo-op politics" marked by "hollow rhetoric."
Bush and Lazio got together at a Conservative Party event in New
York last month to mock her for changing her residence last year
to make the New York run.
It was unclear whether Gore and the first lady would bring their
campaigns closer together. Gore appeared at a joint fund-raiser
with her in April, but a Gore campaign official said Sunday that
he was not aware of any plans for Gore to campaign with her.
President Clinton said his wife's opponents were bent on sowing
confusion and resentment against her for her residency change.
"The tenor of the campaign against her is basically 'Don't vote
for her because she's not from here. ... Let me see if I can get
you to resent her,"' he said. "If the voters in New York can get
confused, that's the only way she can lose."
He urged supporters at the fund-raiser to spread the word and get
more people to vote for his wife.
"When you leave here tonight, if you're from New York or if you
know anybody from New York, the thing she most needs is for
people like you to tell other people they know, 'I know this
woman, she is a good person, she is a great public servant, and
she ought to be the next senator,"' he said.
The Clintons were expected to raise $250,000 at a later, closed
fund-raiser at the home of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
They are combining political fund raising with a minivacation on
the resort island of Martha's Vineyard and are due to return to
Washington on Monday.
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