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Clinton Foe Challenged on Spying 'Joke'
It was just a joke, potential Republican challenger Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland said Saturday after the New York Post reported her saying Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's camp was spying on her. The Post said McFarland comments came Thursday at an event on Long Island hosted by Suffolk County GOP Chairman Harry Withers. The Post, citing an unidentified attendee, said McFarland had told the gathering: "Hillary Clinton is worried about me, and is so worried, in fact, she had helicopters flying over my house in Southhampton today taking pictures." The Post's front-page report said McFarland also told the audience that Clinton's people were taking photographs of her Manhattan home from an apartment building across the street.
Story Continues Below McFarland in a statement issued Saturday by her campaign said she was only joking. "This is a perfect example of what is happening in American politics. One misinterpreted joke and your opponents are smearing you in the press," her statement said. "I continue to believe that we can be better than that. But, I've got to tell you, it's not easy." McFarland's chief rival for the GOP nomination to take on Clinton in this year's Senate race, former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer, said he was also at the event and heard the former Reagan-era Pentagon official make the remarks. "She wasn't trying to be funny," Spencer told The Associated Press on Saturday. "And, no one laughed." The Clinton campaign took the opportunity to poke fun at their potential rival. "We at the Hillary campaign wish Ms. McFarland the best and hope she gets the rest she needs," said Clinton adviser Howard Wolfson. Telephone messages left for Withers by the AP on Saturday were not immediately returned.
© 2006 Associated Press.
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