The former US president has charged the Republicans with bigotry and judicial manipulation, writes Peter Wilson 11 sep 04 BILL Clinton has delivered an extraordinary blast at America's top judge, William Rehnquist, and an uncharacteristically bitter attack on Republican presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Speaking before his recent health scare, the former president accused Rehnquist, the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, of deliberately politicising the system of appointing independent investigators, leading to years of relentless, politically motivated inquiries into his presidency. In an interview with The Weekend Australian, Clinton dropped the affection with which he usually...