it's not Clinton, but still...

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jan 11 13:55:56 PST 1999


[From The Progressive Review. Nothing can stop a Clinton-hater, apparently - even a DNA test.]

DNA TEST SAYS IT ISN'T CLINTON

According to Time, the Drudge Report and the New York Post, the DNA test on Danny Williams came back negative. While this may well end the matter, don't count on it. Here's why:

* The story was never only about whether Clinton was the father of prostitute Bobbie Ann Williams' child. It was also a tale of the 1980s Little Rock culture of drugs and sex of which Clinton was a part. In some ways, Clinton's behavior seems to have paralleled that of Marion Barry during the same period, albeit with decidedly different results. This larger story has not been seriously challenged

* One British paper, the Daily Mail, claims that Clinton's involvement with prostitutes laid him open to political pressure from a least one high-power Arkansas figure.

* Steve Denari -- a Democrat who led the 1992 Perot campaign in Illinois -- came into possession of documents relating to Bobbie Ann Wiliams at the end of the campaign, which he did not release. Denari told the Mail that there were "canceled cheques that showed Bobbie Ann had been given money by Clinton for Danny's education and to keep her quiet. There was a statement in her hand confessing she had supplied Clinton with cocaine. ~ I don't see how Clinton can deny the drug use. He may not have inhaled marijuana, but he will not be able to deny snorting cocaine.' Denari is writing a book that is due out in April.



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