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Mixed messages
I liked Bill Clinton. I voted for him. Twice. I
felt safe when he was president. Of course I
don’t feel quite as safe these days as I did back
then. But then few of us in the LGBT commu
nity feel as much caring and compassion
from our currently appointed president.
Over the past week (after Ronald
Reagan’s funeral media frenzy). Clinton
took the spotlight
with the publica
tion of his new
book, “My Life.”
I didn’t rush
out and buy a
copy, but I did
pick up one on
sale the other day
at a store a few
blocks away from
■ the office. I
haven’t finished it yet, but I have done a
pretty decent skimming of the entire book.
I noticed that there was very little mention
of the gay and lesbian issues he tackled
during his term and even fewer mentions
of the gay and lesbian individuals that
played prominent roles in the Clinton pres
idency.
Then an email from an acquaintance
came across my desk pointing out specifi
cally what 1 had already noticed.
“My first thought was to check out what
President Clinton had to say about David
M'lxner" wrote activist Charles Francis. "No
mention of Mbcner. He is not listed in the index,
nor mentioned in any of the gay passages listed
in the index. How could that be? Mbcner played
a significant role in Clinton's life and Presidency.
This is a story in ifself, that Mixner would not
make the autobiography when thousands of
names in this book are tossed around like con
fetti. Then. I checked for Ambassador lames
Hormel — a huge story. No mention. Then
Roberta Achtenberg, the first openly gay person
to receive Senate confirmation, attacked by Jesse
Heims. No mention. Bob Hattqy, no mention.
Bob was a White House personnel advisor.
Richard Socarides, no mention; Socarides was a
special assistant to the president on gay and les
bian issues. Keith Boykin, special assistant to the
president on gay and lesbian Issues, no mention.
Boykin set up the first meeting with gay leaders
and a sitting President. The meeting was not
mentioned, lulian Potter, White House liaison to
gay and lesbian community, no mention. Fred
Hochberg, major supporter of Clinton’s and
deputy director. Small Business Administration,
no mention. Paul Yandura, respected gay leader
who worked in the Clinton White House, no
mention. Todd Dickinson, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, no mention. Todd, I believe, was the
highest ranking openly gay appointee in the
Administration. John Berry, former Assistant Sec.
of Interior, no mention. ’’
I don’t get it. What happened, Bill? Did
all of those people just slip your mind, or
did something prompt you to revise your
history somewhat? I wanna know, because
I’m a little pissed off.
That was
Tuesday.
Then came
Wednesday.
Out of the
blue, born
from the loins of the very
laurels the Republican
Party likes to base its current state of bliss on.
came a message of support and hope for
those of us left of the great divide.
Ron Reagan. Not the father, but the son.
Everybody always calls him Ron Reagan Jr.,
but he’s actually Ronald Prescott Reagan,
as opossed to Ronald Wilson Reagan.
I’ve always known that Reagan was a
liberal and I’d read about the potshot he
took at George W. Bush back in 2000, but
Reagan had remained tight-lipped on the
subject, until he interviewed with Larry
King on CNN this past week.
“You said [your] dad was also a deeply
unabashedly religious man.” King said to
Reagan. “But he never made the mistake of
wearing his faith on his sleeve to gain polit
ical advantage. Were you referring to the
president? Everyone thought that."
“Everybody thought 1 was talking about
George,” Reagan responded. “But people
connected with George W. Bush thought I
was talking about George W. Bush. And
then I began to think, maybe I was, I just
didn’t know it.”
King pushed the issue a little further:
“Do you think [Bush] wears his religion on
his sleeve? He certainly refers to it more
than your father ever did.”
“Well, you know, there was that answer
he gave to the question about, did you talk
to your father about going into Iraq? No, 1
talked to a higher father, you know, the
almighty,” Reagan recalled.
“When you hear somebody justifying a
war by citing the almighty, God, I get a lit
tle worried, frankly. The other guys do that
a lot. Osama bin Laden’s always talking
about Allah, what Allah wants, that he’s on
his side. I think that’s uncomfortable."
Then came the clincher — when King
asked Reagan if he would support George
W. Bush for reelection.
“No, 1 won’t,” Reagan shot back flatly. I.
will vote for whoever the viable candidate
is who can defeat George W. Bush.”
Yee-ha! Finally somebody from the very
family that the current administration
points to as most venerable stood up and
said something important. Something that
rings of truth, spirit and guts. Thanks, Ron,
for being tough. Now could you get Mary
Cheney on the phone?
— David Moore
Editor
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