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Scaife Funded ‘Arkansas Project’ to Destroy Clinton, Now Says He Was a ‘Pretty Good’ President

Posted by Jon Ponder | Feb. 19, 2007, 9:10 am

In the 1990s, Pittsburgh billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife provided at least $1.8 million to fund the “Arkansas Project,” a conspiracy to spread dirt on Bill and Hillary Clinton. The project was successful in that its efforts snare Pres. Clinton in a perjury trap led to his impeachment. It was also successful in that it softened support for Clinton’s successor Al Gore, and helped pave the way for the Bush administration and six diasastrous years of conservative corruption in Washington.

Now, however, an aide to Scaife says the reclusive billionaire has changed his mind about Bill Clinton:

Christopher Ruddy, who once worked full-time for Mr. Scaife investigating the Clintons and now runs a conservative online publication he co-owns with Mr. Scaife, said, “Both of us have had a rethinking.”

“Clinton wasn’t such a bad president,” Mr. Ruddy said. “In fact, he was a pretty good president in a lot of ways, and Dick feels that way today.” …

[If it’s true, Mr. Scaife can begin his repentance by sponsoring an obscure website that struggles to bring the truth to Americans.—Caro]