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Don't Look for This Title on the Clinton Library Bookshelf
Bill Clinton is justifiably proud of his new presidential library in Little Rock. He touts high attendance figures for the library's exhibits on his two terms in office, though some dispute the accuracy of his numbers. But this week the library received two visitors Mr. Clinton might wish had stayed home. Juanita Broddrick and Kathleen Willey, two women who claim that Mr. Clinton physically abused them, toured the library to bring attention to a new book called "Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine." The list, which summons up memories of a truly bizarre era in American politics, is a long one: It includes Ms. Broddrick, Ms. Willey, Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Sally Perdue and Elizabeth Ward Gracen (a former Miss America).
In an article in FrontPageMagazine.com, Ms. Broddrick and Mr. Willey say their in-your-face tour of the Clinton library "is not a political vendetta on our part. The two of us assaulted by Bill Clinton were political supporters" until the incidents the women detail in the article. The women note that while Mr. Clinton's allies have described their stories as preposterous, when it comes to Bill and Hillary Clinton, "they have never even bothered to present any reasons why you should believe their denials and evasions regarding our accusations."
The women were accompanied by Candice Jackson, the book's author, and the trip was paid for by World Ahead Publishing. Not that you are likely to hear much in the major media about the visit. Too many reporters and editors prefer to "move on" from the Clinton years. But with Hillary Clinton's impending presidential campaign, a return engagement may be just around the historical corner.
-- John Fund
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