-Caveat Lector- > Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000 11:55 a.m. EST > > Clinton: Blame Elian, Not Monica, for Gore's Loss; Jones Case a > 'Fraud' > > President Clinton believes that his Oval Office sexcapades with > Monica > Lewinsky had less to do with Vice President Al Gore's election loss > than the > Elian Gonzalez case. > > In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes II" broadcast Tuesday, Clinton > told > Dan Rather, "To say that people would hold him responsible for any > personal > mistake I made is an insult to the American people. I mean, people > just > aren't that unfair." > > To bolster the argument that his Lewinsky fling hadn't hurt Gore, the > president added, "There were a lot of surveys along toward the end of > the > campaign that showed that if I could have run again I would have done > fine." > > Clinton did not identify any surveys by name. But a Gallup poll taken > during > the final weeks of the campaign contradicts him. > > Gallup's survey showed that, by a margin of 2 to 1, fewer Americans > would > vote for Gore if Clinton campaigned with him. > > Instead, Clinton invoked the Elian Gonzalez case as one likely reason > for > Gore's loss. > > "I don't know if the fact that we drew the short straw and had that > terrible > mess with the Elian Gonzalez case cost him a lot of votes in > Florida," > Clinton told Rather, "but it could have." > > "And if it did, I feel very badly about it, because this wasn't > anything > anybody dreamed up." > > The Easter weekend gunpoint abduction of the 6-year-old Cuban refugee > on > Clinton's orders is widely believed to have alienated thousands of > voters in > Miami's Little Havana community, where the boy lived for most of his > stay in > America. > > On the subject of his wife's $8 million book deal, Clinton told > Rather that > it was up to her to decide whether to write about his philandering, > but that > if she did, "it will be a good book." > > RATHER: I want to say this respectfully, Mr. President - surely you > don't > want her writing about Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky and all those > things > again. Is she likely to do that? > > CLINTON: You ought to ask her. She can write about whatever she > wants. I > tell you, I bet it will be a good book. > > Regardless of what he the first lady may write, Clinton said that > Paula > Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit, which uncovered a string of Jane > Does > including several who claimed sexual assault, was a fraud. > > "All I know is ... the civil lawsuit was a fraud," he told Rather. > "They > knew that for a long, long time. Everybody did. And a lot of innocent > people > have already been hurt for purely political reasons." > > Clinton did not explain why he paid Jones $850,000 to settle the case > if her > claim was bogus, but suggested that the benefits of his presidency > outweighed any personal misconduct. > > "If I had to do it all over again I still would, because the country > is in > better shape," he told Rather. > http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2000/12/20/110032 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
