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Rudolph W. Giuliani has a new web
site. According to Dan Balz, "(t)here's a not-so-flattering photo
of a smiling Hillary Rodham Clinton flashing a thumbs-up and the message
that New York's Senate seat isn't for rookies or outsiders. In big letters
it reads: 'U.S. Senate: For Proven Leaders, Not a Proving Ground'"
(Dan Balz, Politics, The Washington Post, March 30, 1999).
The web site says, "'Senator Clinton? Hillary Rodham Clinton
is considering a future as a United States Senator in New York! With no
governmental experience, never elected to any public office, her failed
health care experiment under her belt, Mrs. Clinton now wants to be part
of the Senate as we head into the next millennium. Born in Illinois and
carried to power in Arkansas, with no connection of any kind to New York,
Hillary has set her sights on the New York Senate seat and maybe...probably...set
her sights even higher'" (1999
Friends of Giuliani).
"'That’s what HillaryNo.com is all about. It is a website
dedicated to the notion that we should expect more from someone who aspires
to the U.S. Senate. That the U.S. Senate is a place for proven leaders,
not a proving ground'" (1999Friends of Giuliani).
"Bruce Teitelbaum, director of Giuliani's political action committee,
Solutions America, said the Web site is designed to raise money and enlist
volunteers for a Giuliani Senate campaign in 2000, if the mayor decides
to run" (Dan Balz, Politics, The Washington Post, March 30, 1999).
The web sit is accompanied by a Petitions Page, a Donations Page, and a
Banner Page.
Dan Balz adds, "(t)he use of the first lady's possible candidacy
as a fund-raising tool comes as the mayor's approval ratings continue to
slide in the face of public criticism over the police shooting of Amadou
Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant who was hit 19 times in a fusillade
of 41 shots in February" (Dan Balz, Politics, The Washington Post,
March 30, 1999).
"Judith Hope, the Democratic state chairwoman, said: 'The tone
of the Web site matches the direction of his approval numbers: negative,
negative, negative'" (Dan Berry, The New York Times, March 30, 1999).
"'Is it fair?' the Mayor asked, repeating a reporter's question
yesterday. 'Come on, it's politics. She presents us with an opportunity
and we take advantage of it and then that's not fair? I mean is it fair
that she comes to New York and raises lots of money?'" (David M.
Herszenhorn, The New York Times, March 31, 1999).
"The Mayor, who was in Troy, N.Y., last night to deliver a speech,
said the Web site received 200,000 hits yesterday from about 25,000 dedicated
users. He said that more than 1,100 people had volunteered to help his campaign
should he run and that 2,000 signed a petition vocing opposition to Mrs.
Clinton's candidacy" (David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times,
March 31, 1999).
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