Just think. If only birth control pills had existed in 1945, then we might have been spared this pig-sty president.
BUBBA MIGHT'VE BEEN BAYOU BABY: AUTHOR
New York Daily News Online
October 1, 1998 Rush and Malloy
A new book is raising questions about the true identity of
President Clinton's father.
In "The Clinton Enigma," Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
David Maraniss sifts reports that Clinton may have
been conceived during an alleged extramarital affair that
his mother, Virginia, conducted with a Louisiana man.
Maraniss writes that, after the publication of his 1995
Clinton biography, "First In His Class," he "began
receiving inquiries" from the family of a deceased
Louisiana man.
The family told Maraniss the man had once "dated" a
woman named Virginia Cassidy, the maiden name of
Clinton's mother. Maraniss reports that this woman
supposedly was from Hope, Ark., and was a graduate of
the nursing program at Tri-State Hospital in Shreveport,
La. — just like Clinton's mother.
The dating was said to have taken place in 1945, when
Virginia's husband, William Blythe, was stationed in
Italy with the Army.
Maraniss tells us that he found the Louisiana family's story
specific enough in its details that "I didn't think it was a
fraud."
Maraniss writes that "my reporting on [the Louisiana
family's] claim has been inconclusive. I remain an agnostic
on the question of Clinton's paternity; the evidence is
unclear as to his biological father: Blythe, the Louisiana
man, or someone else."
"For years," Maraniss continues, "there were whispers in
Hope about who little Billy's father was, rumors spawned
by Virginia's flirtatious nature as a young nurse and the
inevitable temptation of people to count backward nine
months from the birth date to see who was where doing
what.
"Nine months before Aug. 19, 1946, Blythe was still in
Italy. Virginia heard the talk. Her answer was that Billy . .
. was born a month early, induced weeks ahead of
schedule because she had taken a fall and the doctor was
concerned about her condition."
The author tells us that Clinton neighbors in Hope have
mentioned other men as possible fathers, "but I have no
hard evidence."
A White House spokesman had no comment on the
speculation.
Maraniss says that he brings this ancient history up to
show how it impacts on Clinton's secret-keeping during
the Monica Lewinsky mess.
"It's a touchy subject," says The Washington Post
reporter. "I was trying to deal with it responsibly."
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