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posted October 20, 2000 12:31 PM

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W A S H I N G T O N, Oct. 19 — In an interview with a gay publication, President Clinton says homosexuals stood by his side during impeachment because they understood what it was like to be “publicly humiliated and abused.”
Asked by The Advocate magazine how he felt about the support he received during the scandal from gays, Clinton said it “came from the same wellspring of experience that prompted so many African-Americans to stick with me — they’ve been there.”
Expressing his lingering frustration with the investigation of his affair with a White House intern that nearly brought down his presidency, Clinton likens the vigilance of his opponents with those who have persecuted gays, blacks and other minorities.
“The people who’ve been targeted, who’ve been publicly humiliated and abused, I think identified with what was going on,” he said.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/DailyNews/clinton_gays001019.html

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