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Article: Lewinsky spared White House's ire Following Clinton's lead, aides continue to withhold public judgment
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 9, 1998
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For years, whenever a woman surfaced with a story that threatened
the boss, the Clinton team had the same response: Assume attack mode
and assail her credibility.
Gennifer Flowers, the cabaret singer who sold her story of a long
affair with then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton to a supermarket tabloid,
had traded "tabloid trash for cash."
Paula Corbin Jones, the former Arkansas state employee who charged
sexual harassment, was said to be doing the bidding of the
president's conservative enemies.
And Kathleen Willey, the White House volunteer who alleged that
the president groped her, was described as a misguided soul hoping
to solve her money troubles with a book deal.
Dealing with allegations ...