Posted on 10/26/2005 3:24:09 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Two women who once accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct toured his presidential library Wednesday on a trip paid for by the publisher of a book critical of Clinton and his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broddrick criticized what they called a campaign of intimidation meant to silence them after they came forward with their allegations.
"If she (Mrs. Clinton) is such a champion of women and women's rights and women's empowerment, then she needs to explain her role in what they tried to do to us," said Willey, a Virginia real estate agent.
She has said the then-president fondled her when she met privately with him at the White House in 1993 to seek a job.
Broaddrick, an Arkansas nursing home owner who claimed Clinton sexually assaulted her at a Little Rock hotel in 1978 when he was Arkansas attorney general, said Hillary Clinton "did everything she could to protect him to keep her own power."
A spokeswoman for Sen. Clinton, D-N.Y., did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The senator is up for re-election next year and is considered a possible candidate for president in 2008.
Skip Rutherford, head of the foundation that built the $165 million tribute to Clinton's presidency, declined to respond to the women's remarks.
"It's a free country. People pay their admission, they can come to the library," Rutherford said.
The women's trip expenses and $7 admission were paid for by World Ahead Publishing. The women were accompanied by Candice Jackson, author of "Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine."
Willey said World Ahead would also publish a book she's writing.
Kathleen Willey, right, and Juanita Broddrick, who accused former President Clinton of sexual misconduct, enter Clinton 's presidential library Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005 in Little Rock, Ark. The two women said Wednesday that they toured the library Wednesday to call attention to the plight of abused women. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath) 2
Kathleen Willey, left, Candice Jackson, author of ``Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine,' and Juanita Broddrick, right, speak with reporters outside Bill Clinton's presidential library, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, in Little Rock, Ark. Willey and Broddrick, two women who once accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct, toured his presidential library Wednesday on a trip paid for by the publisher of a book critical of the former president and his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D- N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
AP fyi
"AP: Clinton accusers..."
ACCUSERS!? No spin here!
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton smiles in the Bronx section of New York October 20, 2005. Clinton was making an appearance to show his support for Fernando Ferrer, the democratic candidate for New York City mayor. REUTERS/Seth Wenig
Hey AP, they still do to this day!!!
He looks like an old sly devil.
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LOL.. Thanks!
I don't see how they managed to complete the tour without barf bags.
I wonder if she wrote: "Bill raped me" in the guest book.
I guess AP just can't use the word RAPE
Burried how deep on which page?
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Go Get'em, CANDICE.
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I just got Candace Jackson's new book. The ONLY thing I don't like about it is Clinton's ugly mug on the cover!
I wonder if Hillary really cares about the plight of abused women. My guess - no.
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