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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 8 Num. 72
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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BYE-BYE WILLIAM J?
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[CN: I spoke with Sherman Skolnick on August 4, 1996.]
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CONSPIRACY NATION:
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You heard that Bill Clinton had a meeting recently?
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SHERMAN SKOLNICK:
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Within the last couple of days, there was a meeting, arranged by
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Robert Strauss, an elder statesman of the Democratic Party,
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together with other leading Democrats. They told Clinton that
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they had been informed by Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel,
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that Hillary, most likely if not for certain, would be indicted
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between the Democratic convention at the end of August and the
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November Presidential election. Strauss told Clinton (this is
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according to Strauss's friends) that the Democrats do not want an
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"October Surprise" that could bring down the Democratic Party
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with Clinton; they want him to resign, two days before the
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Democratic convention.
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They intend to put up two people that they feel would be more
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suitable to the convention and the voters: John D. Rockefeller
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IV (of course, he's known as Jay Rockefeller), and possibly Al
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Gore, depending how the public perceives whether Gore is so close
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to Clinton or not. If not Gore, then a running mate on the
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ticket would be John Kerry.
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The "October Surprise" situation is, if an indictment comes
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against Hillary after September (assuming that Clinton becomes
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the nominee at the convention), it becomes an unprecedented
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situation. What will happen to Democrats running for Congress?
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Or for Senate?
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CONSPIRACY NATION:
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So we can look for the press to be stepping up attacks on
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Clinton, these next few weeks?
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SHERMAN SKOLNICK:
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Probably so. However, there are legal problems. Strauss's
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friends are not convinced that Clinton exactly made a candid
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statement that he *is* going to do as he's been ordered to do,
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that is, resign. They can embarrass him, of course, by not
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making him the nominee at the convention. The other problem is
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legal: *were* he to resign and he becomes a private citizen,
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then if Hillary *does* get indicted (as Kenneth Starr has told
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Strauss) then Clinton himself can be named as a co-defendant with
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his wife. He only has immunity from prosecution, under the U.S.
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Constitution, as long as he remains in office. You can only
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remove a U.S. President by way of impeachment; that's all you can
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do to him. You cannot prosecute him. (At least that's the
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interpretation of that provision of the Constitution.)
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CONSPIRACY NATION:
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So is Clinton going to fight this?
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SHERMAN SKOLNICK:
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Well... Some at the meeting were concerned that the strange wave
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of violence may not be accidental, that somebody may be
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orchestrating that, because it seems to support keeping those in
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office.
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From all that I know, I think that Clinton will in fact resign.
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He's under a tremendous pressure all the way around! I mean, if
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he resigns he may go to jail.
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CONSPIRACY NATION:
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Okay. There's another "elder statesman" that made a statement
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recently: Barry Goldwater made the statement that he likes Bill
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Clinton, and the only way that he would vote for Bob Dole would
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be if Dole was the *only* candidate running for office. To me,
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that seems like a *really* major statement: he's the elder
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statesman of the Republican Party and he's turning "thumbs down"
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on Dole.
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SHERMAN SKOLNICK:
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Please note that it was Barry Goldwater that put the finishing
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touch in many ways to Nixon. It was Barry Goldwater, on behalf
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of a GOP delegation, that went to Nixon and says, "*You* must
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resign."
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CONSPIRACY NATION:
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So both of these elder statesmen carry a lot of weight.
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SHERMAN SKOLNICK:
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Especially Strauss. He's big with the oil industry. All you've
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got to do is look him up in *Who's Who*; I'm sure they've got a
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complete run-down of how "plugged-in" he is.
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