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Article: Bill Clinton is no Thomas Jefferson.
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- November 18, 1998
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LIMA, Ohio _ I resisted the urge, for a short time anyway, to address the recent news that President Thomas Jefferson may have fathered at least one child by a slave.
The more the media tried to compare Jefferson with President Clinton, however, the angrier I became. Several points are being missed in the debate. However, one thing is certain _ William J. Clinton is no Thomas Jefferson.
The recent claim that Jefferson, primary author of the Declaration of Independence and America's third president, fathered at least one child with slave Sally Hemings is being touted by some liberals as vindication of Clinton.
``They all did it,'' they say with ...