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With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Monday, April 1, 2002 11:55 a.m. EST Clinton Newsweek Outtake: I Beat Paula Jones In comments taped by Newsweek reporter Jonathan Alter during his interview with Bill Clinton that weren't included in the magazine's print coverage, the ex-president claims total victory over sexual harassment accuser Paula Jones. "I was tickled that (Troopergate reporter David) Brock said that they always knew there was nothing to the Paula Jones case and I won that," the disgraced ex-president insisted, despite being impeached over charges stemming from Jones' lawsuit and paying her $850,000 to drop her appeal after a judge's dismissal. "The judge ruled in my favor," Clinton continued, before commenting on Jones' recent "Celebrity Boxing" bout with skater Tonya Harding. "So, if she wants to box Tonya Harding, Tonya Harding looks like a pretty tough cookie to me," Clinton observed, before seguewaying seamlessly into the Monica Lewinsky case. "And, ah, it's just, I wish - I've always said, I wish Monica Lewinsky well. I hope she has a good life. There's nothing I can do about that, though." While Newsweek covered Clinton's comments about the Jones-Harding bout, the quote about the Jones case that appeared in print was markedly different from the one the magazine made available through an audio link on its website. Here's the Newsweek print version of Clinton's remarks on the Jones case: "[David] Brock [the ex-conservative hit man] says they knew all along that there was nothing to Whitewater and nothing to the Jones case. I think it was just a matter of power. I feel bad for them because Iím going on with my life and they should go on with theirs. Maybe it would be good for the new generation of leaders in our party if they [the right-wingers] stayed focused on me and they miss them, and then [weíd] win a lot of elections." |
