Word: paulas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gennifer Flowers, rallying to President Clinton's defense in the wake of Paula Jones' lawsuit
...albeit in that case more than 20 women came forward to make the charge. How fast should women's groups jump to the accuser's defense when her target is a man who has supported many of their goals? For now they are moving very carefully. "We think both Paula Jones and President Clinton deserve their day in court," says Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women. "We are not going to rise to the right wing's bait by jumping aboard either party's case until we have an opportunity to assess the credibility of the witness...
...Paula Jones lawsuit against the President raises fairness questions in several directions...
...other hand, is it fair that American feminists are handling Paula Jones with rubber gloves and tongs at the end of a ten-foot pole, in contrast to their performance when they embraced Anita Hill and demanded justice for her regarding charges against Clarence Thomas that were less serious than the squalid scene retailed by Paula Jones? This time, of course, the target of the accusations is someone politically on their side...
...Paula Corbin Jones, 27, a former Arkansas state worker, sued President Clinton for $700,000 for allegedly violating her civil rights in 1991 by making unwelcome sexual advances toward her in a Little Rock hotel room. Said Clinton's attorney Robert Bennett: "It is tabloid trash with a legal caption on it." A number of witnesses have supported aspects of Corbin's story, but her case was undermined somewhat by her sister Charlotte Brown, who told an Arkansas television station that Jones told her she "smelled money" in her allegations...