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Was There a Right-Wing Conspiracy?
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Item Title Was There a Right-Wing Conspiracy?
Guest Conason, Joe
Guest Adams, James Ring
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedMarch 31, 1999
Description

"I think it's fair to say," Mr. Buckley begins, "that the most famous words ever uttered by Hillary Clinton are that the case against her husband was the working of a right-wing conspiracy." We might have thought nothing useful could still be said about this oversaturated story, but host and guests manage to put some of the details into perspective. JC: "There was a collusion going on between [Paula] Jones's attorneys, some of whom were a secret group of right-wingers,... and the prosecutor's office. And there's a real issue of whether that collusion was legitimate or not. I think it wasn't, and I think most people agree that it wasn't." ... WFB: "Who is responsible for the six-year campaign of vicious smears designed to destroy the Clintons?" JRA: "Actually, the Clintons.... The Clinton White House, which has continually delayed, obstructed the investigation,... denied documents, hidden documents ... I am committed to the Whitewater story itself. I think Lewinsky was a distraction and a symptom of the triviality of the press. But I think the story about the original attempt to squelch federal investigations of the savings-and-loan in which the Clintons were involved is the real story. And that has not been told yet."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
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Medium television programs
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4:3
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color
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sound
Hoover IDProgram S1199
Record Number80040.1481
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