The Kennedy Half-Century (130 page)

59
. Four of Governor Clinton’s “executive protection” troopers, who had allegedly aided and abetted his extramarital pursuits, were very forthcoming about the governor’s affairs. An Arkansas state employee, Larry Nichols, had even filed suit against Clinton, ostensibly for employment reasons, but the suit named five specific Clinton paramours, one of whom was Gennifer Flowers. Another was a former Miss America, Elizabeth Ward Gracen, who denied the allegation at the time but in 1998 admitted she had had a one-night stand with Clinton in 1983. See Elizabeth Drew,
On the Edge: The Clinton Presidency
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994), 380, 383, and Allen and Portis,
Comeback Kid
, 133–34, 238.

60
. John F. Harris,
The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House
(New York: Random House, 2005), 109.

61
. “Where Are They Now: The Clinton Impeachment: Paula Jones,”
Time
Specials,
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1870544_1870543_1870458,00.html
 [accessed February 8, 2012].

62
. See Jill Abramson, “Clinton Contributor Recommended White House Aide,”
New York Times
, January 23, 1998; “Starr Continues Criminal Investigation,” CNN,
The World Today
, January 30, 1998; “Descriptions of the taped recordings,”
USA Today
, January 22, 1998; Brian Blomquist, “Subpoenas All Round As Starr Cuts Loose,”
New York Post
, January 23, 1998.

63
. Bill Clinton, “Response to the Lewinsky Allegations (January 26, 1998),” Miller Center website, University of Virginia,
http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3930
 [accessed July 25, 2012].

64
. Address by President Bill Clinton, August 17, 1998, CNN,
All Politics
,
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/08/17/speech/transcript.html
 [accessed July 30, 2012].

65
. Clinton must have known that Starr had evidence to prove the Lewinsky affair in the summer of 1998, since it was widely reported that Starr had granted Lewinsky prosecutorial immunity on July 28, the day before Clinton agreed to testify.

66
. Judge Susan Webber Wright held Clinton in contempt of court on April 13, 1999. See John M. Broder with Neil A. Lewis, “Clinton Is Found to Be in Contempt on Jones Lawsuit,”
New York Times
, April 13, 1999. See also Neil A. Lewis, “Judge Orders Clinton to Pay $90,000 to Jones’s Lawyers,”
New York Times
, July 30, 1999. This decision came eight months after Clinton agreed to settle the Jones lawsuit out of court for $850,000.

67
. Peter Baker, “Clinton Settles Paula Jones Lawsuit for $850,000,”
Washington Post
, November 14, 1998; “Paula Jones to Get $200,000 of Settlement,”
Baltimore Sun
article reprinted in
San Francisco Chronicle
, March 5, 1999: A6.

68
. Associated Press, “Clinton’s Ark. Law License Suspension Ends Soon,” January 18, 2006, FoxNews.com,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,182077,00.html
 [accessed June 19, 2012].

69
. See Steven M. Gillon,
The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), 256–57. See also “Gingrich Friend Dates Affair to ’93,”
Chicago Tribune
, November 11, 1999.

70
. See Mimi Alford,
Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
(New York: Random House, 2012).

71
. See William J. Clinton, “Remarks at a Reception for Senator Edward M. Kennedy,” October 21, 1999, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=56766
 [accessed February 23, 2012]; and William J. Clinton, “Remarks at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation Dinner,” March 2, 1998, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=55555
 [accessed February 22, 2012].

72
. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Living History
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003), 232, 247.

73
. Clinton,
Living History
, 232, and Burton Hersh,
Edward Kennedy: An Intimate Biography
(Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2010), 530.

74
. Mary McGrory, “Bill as Bobby,” March 14, 1993, Mary McGrory Papers, Box 96, Folder 14, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.

75
. William J. Clinton, “Remarks at the Memorial Mass for Robert F. Kennedy in Arlington, Virginia,” June 6, 1993, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=46662
 [accessed February 8, 2012]; William J. Clinton, “Remarks at the Dedication of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Museum in Boston, Massachusetts,” October 29, 1993, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=46039
 [accessed February 8, 2012].

76
. William J. Clinton, “Remarks at the 25th Anniversary Reception for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,” April 27, 1996, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=52734
 [accessed February 23, 2012]; William J. Clinton, “Remarks on the 35th Anniversary of the Peace Corps,” June 19, 1996, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=52963
 [accessed February 22, 2012].

77
. Gwen Ifill, “Clinton and Kennedys: In 30 Years, a Full Circle,”
New York Times
, August 25, 1993.

78
. William J. Clinton, “Remarks on the Death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,” May 20, 1994, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=50207
 [accessed February 8, 2012].

79
. Edward M. Kennedy, “Tribute to John F. Kennedy, Jr.,” July 23, 1999, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum website,
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Ready-Reference/EMK-Speeches/Tribute-to-John-F-Kennedy-Jr.aspx
 [accessed February 12, 2012].

80
. William J. Clinton, “Remarks to the American Legion Boys Nation,” July 24, 1993, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=46901
 [accessed February 8, 2012].

81
. Clinton,
My Life
, 532.

19. G. W. BUSH: BACK TO THE REPUBLICAN KENNEDYS

1
. See “GEORGE W. BUSH, et al., PETITIONERS
v
. ALBERT GORE, Jr., et al.,” December 12, 2000, Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School,
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html
 [accessed June 19, 2012].

2
. Larry J. Sabato,
Overtime! The Election 2000 Thriller
(New York: Longman, 2002).

3
. George W. Bush, “Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on Administration
Goals,” February 27, 2001, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29643
 [accessed March 21, 2012]. See also George W. Bush, “Remarks at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan,” March 27, 2001, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=45679
 [accessed March 21, 2012].

4
. Kelly Wallace, “$1.35 Trillion Tax Cut Becomes Law,” CNN, June 7, 2001,
http://articles.cnn.com/2001-06-07/politics/bush.taxes_1_child-tax-credit-trillion-tax-tax-relief?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS
 [accessed June 19, 2012]. In 2002, Bush signed the “Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act,” which allowed businesses to “claim extra deductions for depreciation of a longterm physical capital investment” (essentially a tax cut). In 2003, Bush “re duced taxes on dividends and capital gains and accelerated some provisions passed in earlier tax cuts.” See “The Bush Tax Cuts: How Did the 2002 Tax Cuts Change the Tax Code?” and “The Bush Tax Cuts: How Did the 2003 Tax Cuts Change the Tax Code?” Tax Policy Center,
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/background/bush-tax-cuts
 [accessed June 19, 2012].

5
. See
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
(New York: W. W. Norton, 2004).

6
. David E. Sanger and John O’Neil, “White House Begins New Effort to Defend Surveillance Program,”
New York Times
, January 23, 2006; “The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty,” Department of Justice website,
http://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/highlights.htm
 [accessed June 19, 2012].

7
. George W. Bush,
Decision Points
(New York: Crown Publishers, 2010), 164.

8
. Interview with Ari Fleischer, May 28, 2013, New York, New York; Bush,
Decision Points
, 273–75.

9
. George W. Bush, “Remarks on the Dedication of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building,” November 20, 2001, Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley,
The American Presidency Project
,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=63476
 [accessed February 23, 2012].

10
. “Bush Names Justice Department Building for Robert F. Kennedy,” CNN Politics, November 20, 2001,
http://articles.cnn.com/2001-11-20/politics/justice.rfk_1_kerry-kennedy-cuomo-dedication-ceremony-kennedy-family?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS
 [accessed March 22, 2012].

11
. Fred I. Greenstein, ed.,
The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early Assessment
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003), 8–9.

12
. Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney,
In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
(New York: Threshold Editions, 2011), 40. Thanks to Jonathan Martin for bringing this story to my attention. E-mail from Jonathan Martin, August 28, 2011. Cheney is referring to a troubled period in his youth. By September 1963, the future vice president had flunked out of Yale twice and received two DUIs.

20. FULL CIRCLE: THE TWINNING OF BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN KENNEDY

1
. Joseph A. Loftus, “U.S. Tells World of Rights Strife: Attorney General Foresees a Negro as President,”
New York Times
, May 27, 1961.

2
. See David Maraniss,
Barack Obama: The Story
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012).

3
. “Transcript: Illinois Senate Candidate Barack Obama,”
Washington Post
, July 27, 2004,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19751-2004Jul27.html
 [accessed July 19, 2012].

4
. See Barack Obama,
The Audacity of Hope
(New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006), 129, 134, 314–15.

5
. Alec MacGillis, “Obama Sells Himself as the New JFK,”
Washington Post
, October 3, 2007,
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2007/10/post-109.html
 [accessed March 28, 2012].

6
. “Why Caroline Backed Obama,”
Daily Beast
, January 29, 2008,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/01/29/why-caroline-backed-obama.html
 [accessed July 19, 2012].

7
. Mary Ann Akers, “Clinton’s LBJ Comments Infuriated Ted Kennedy,”
Washington Post
, January 30, 2008,
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/01/post_11.html
 [accessed April 18, 2012].

8
. Jeff Zeleny and Carl Hulse, “Kennedy Chooses Obama, Spurning Plea by Clintons,”
New York Times
, January 28, 2008.

9
. Jeff Zeleny, “An Appeal That Looks to (and Uses) the Spirit of the 1960s,”
New York Times
, January 30, 2008.

10
. “Barack Obama’s Remarks at the Kennedy Endorsement,”
Huffington Post
, January 28, 2008,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/28/barack-obamas-remarks-at-_n_83623.html
 [accessed March 28, 2012].

11
. Ibid. See also Tom Shachtman,
Airlift to America: How Barack Obama, Sr., John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, and 800 East African Students Changed Their World and Ours
(New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2009).

12
. Michael Dobbs, “Obama Overstates Kennedys’ Role in Helping His Father,”
Washington Post
, March 30, 2008.

13
. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Mary Kerry Kennedy endorsed Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. See Jeff Zeleny and Carl Hulse, “Kennedy Chooses Obama, Spurning Plea by Clintons,”
New York Times
, January 28, 2010.