Well she got some good plastic surgery out of the deal anyway.
Less flippantly, I'd say your theory on Jones is somewhat cracked. On "Paula Jones (who originally kept her mouth shut!)", we have this.
Consider how we got to where we are. At every stage the hand of the extreme right is evident.
It began five years ago, when a far-right magazine, The American Spectator, printed an article by David Brock about the Arkansas troopers who guarded Bill Clinton when he was Governor. The article quoted one trooper as saying a woman named Paula was willing to be the Governor's "regular girlfriend." Mr. Brock has since said that he regrets throwing in that name.
There are hundreds of women named Paula in Arkansas, and none were identified. But six weeks later Paula Jones came forward and demanded that President Clinton apologize for the slur on her reputation. Where did she do that? At a Washington conference of the Conservative Political Action Committee. nytimes.com
As to the $850k, your theory is cracked there too. Similar offers were on the table long before any of this garbage broke, most recently:
By the late summer of 1997, it may have been too late to settle. Clinton's legal team was offering $700,000, along with an expression of regret without an admission of wrongdoing. Davis and Cammarata urged Mrs. Jones to accept, telling her that her position would never be stronger.
But Mrs. Jones had a falling out with her lawyers. Soon she had a new legal team, along with backing from the conservative Rutherford Institute of Charlottesville, Va.
nytimes.com
There were apparently other attempts to settle too. But I wouldn't want to disturb your personal theory on the matter. We're all stupid, and you're not, right? |
