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In reply to the discussion: Can you spell tone deaf? H-I-L-L-A-R-Y. Hillary Clinton: We Were 'Dead Broke' Upon Leaving WH [View all]karynnj
(59,533 posts)be no further litigation on the Monica ( and I think Paula Jones) litigation. I think it might also have been seen that the Clinton litigation was on private things done --- the Reagan actions were things done covertly by the US government. (To me the Iran/Contra actions were far worse - and GHWB likely avoided prosecution because he was allowed to pardon many people who could - if tried - have led to problems for him.)
I think your numbers prove my point. I don't know the points at which Clinton actually got her $8 million, but it alone - even after taxes - would have paid off the legal bills. They had about $350,000 of income just from salaries. Add in Bill Clinton's speaking fees in that first year - and I think they would have had no financial problems.
Bill Clinton's book was out in July 2004 - because every good Democrat wanted the topic of conversation for at least a month before the Democratic convention being that Lewinski was "because I could." (Unfortunately much of June 2004 was lost to hagiographies of Reagan who died.)