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Article: Vernon Jordan disease.(Vernon Jordan, one of the largely overlooked personalities in the Monica Lewinsky investigation, allegedly has ties to corporate America and has earned Clinton's trust)(Media Matters)(Brief Article)(Column)
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- The Nation
- Article date:
- March 2, 1998
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Even if Bill Clinton were having it off with Socks and Buddy, it should be of public interest only as illustrating the hypocrisy of the Family Values presidency. There is, however, a highly "improper" relationship in the Monica Lewinsky scandal: not any oral trysts between Clinton and his intern but the sinister symbiosis that binds Clinton to Vernon Jordan, stealth manipulator for Corporate America.
The mainstream media displayed scant interest in the master fixer who has been Clinton's consigliere during the first five years of his pre-Lewinsky presidency: The number of serious profiles of Jordan unearthed by a computer search of this period can be counted on ...