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WASHINGTON: The last word belongs to Bob Bennett -- and it won't be an X-rated one. When his rebuttal to Paula Jones' 700-page document dump was released Friday, it did not contain ?sensitive material of a sexual nature? from Paula's past. Such a sex probe was suggested in a letter to Judge Susan Webber Wright. Jones claims her 1991 encounter with Clinton left her with an aversion to sex. Bennett calls that a "big joke" and wanted to prove otherwise -- which would have meant a lot of low blows from this prizefighter lawyer. But the letter...
Monicagate is still very much alive, observes Slate's Scott Shuger, who ledes his Friday dispatch with USA Today's version of Kathleen Willey's lawyer's spin control. To balance it out, Shuger turns to the Wash Post and its Bob Bennett salvo in the Jones case. As for the non-Monica rundown, Slate's SS points us to the NYT's look at what's new with Zhu, China's new prime minister; the WSJ's take a on a court win in Muncie, Ind., for cigarette makers; and the LAT's coverage of Rupert Murdoch...
...Which is an uncanny repetition of last June, when Bennett first floated the prospect that Clinton?s defense would explore Jones? sexual history. He came under fire from women?s groups, and reversed course several days later, declaring he was "no fool." This time, Bennett may simply have gotten cold feet. But it's more likely that this astute purveyor of White House spin was sending a clear message to the media: We've got dirt too, and we're not afraid to use it. As with Bennett's revelation that Kathleen Willey was seeking a book deal, reporters read...
...need to be honest about our leadership ourissues, and what's really going on," Bennett said...
What's suspicious about some of these arguments is that they have appeared only recently. Judge Wright may view them as lawyerly confections designed to bolster a weak case. But Jones' lawyers have presented enough factual quarrels with Bennett's motion (such as the pay-raise issue) that Wright probably can't dismiss the suit...