Show A12 The Salt Lake Tribune IMAT1UIM Sunday March 15 1998 Former Aide Claims Clinton Groped Her But Polls Show R esident Still Popular BY SPRING SALE ROGER SIMON CHICAGO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON Speaking at a televised town meeting when he was running for president in 1992 Bill Clinton said: If you want a perfect candidate vote for somebody else That seemed to suit the voters just fine Just a few decades after Nelson Rockefeller was forced to abandon plans for the presidency because he had been divorced Clinton was able to go on CBS 60 Minutes with Hillary Rodham Clinton at his side admit to adultery and still gain the highest office in the land You know I have acknowledged wrongdoing be said I have acknowledged causing pam in my marriage I have said things to you tonight and to the American people from the beginning that no American politician ever has This evening eight years after his first GO Minutes appearance the public will hear more about President Clintons alleged exploits but not from him The question Clinton now faces is: How long will the American public put up with alleged behavior of this president that they might never have tolerated previously? Kathleen Willey a former White House volunteer will say that in a doorway just off the Oval Office in November 1993 Clinton tried to kiss her on the bps fondled her breasts and placed her hands on his genitals Willey then 51 will say she broke free from the presidents embrace and said I better go According to Willeys deposition made to lawyers for Paula Jones who is suing Clinton for sexual harassment Clinton attempted to kiss her on the lips and He put his hands he put my hands on his It was very unexpected genitals Willey also says I recall him saying that he had wanted to do that for a long time Clintons version of events differs greatly from Willeys He says he was merely trying to comfort a distraught woman I embraced her the president said in his deposition to Joness lawyers I put my arms around her I may have even kissed her on the forehead There was nothing sexual about it According to CBS reporter Ed Bradley who interviewed Willey she says that if the president denied making a sexual advance to her He was lying Willey who together with her husband had donated $13750 to national Democratic candidates between 1987 and 1994 was deeply in debt and was in the Oval Office she said to try to get a better job That same day Willeys husband killed himself Four months later with creditors pursuing Willey she was given a paying White House job which lasted for 10 months Its her story and its incredible and its very believable and very persuasive and leaves little doubt about what happened Don Hewitt 60 Minutes executive producer said One of Willeys friends however has said in an affidavit to Clintons lawyers that Willey asked her to lie about the encounter to a Newsweek reporter to bolster Willeys allegations against Clinton That could reduce the incident to one more case of ENTIRE STOCK OF HANES HOSIERY The Associated Press Former White House volunteer Kathleen Willey he says-sh- e says except that Willey is one of at least three women now publicly saying it Clintons popularity which has increased since allegations about a sexual relationship between Clinton and Monica Lewinsky became public may be due to the fact that people see him as an ordinary human with all the weaknesses humans have A few weeks before the 1996 election a Washington Post ABC poll found that 77 percent of voters thought it was important to have a president who understands the problems of people like you while just 22 percent said it was important to have a president of the highest moral character The difficulty could come however for those Democrats runmng for Congress this fall and for those running for president in 2000 if voters especially women begin viewing Clinton as a serial sexual harasser He has managed through a careful selection of issues to make the Democratic party the party of women Clinton would have lost in 1996 if only men had voted Bob Dole got 44 percent of the male vote compared with Clintons 43 percent But women who also vote in greater numbers than men gave Clinton 54 percent of their votes compared with only 38 percent for Dole If women abandon Democrats it would have a devastating impact on the partys immediate future So far however women voters are sticking by Clinton and surveys show at least in part because he in stayed his marriage helped raise his daughter and has his wife as his most vigorous defender raadStta Dont Eeave your mark Try Cliniques new Cream Lipstick r' Superlast w u Cl if HP Stays put Stays true Stays comfortable Comfortable in any surrounding Cliniques clever new lipstick knows its place and stays there Long-wea- feeling It r lush- slips on moist and comfy And refuses to From palest hint of colour to richest berry browns Mr - Superlast Cream Lipstick 09 oz $1350 Try-on- s Sr w at the counter tr SP now And while you're there ask about All About Lips 5 fi oz tr budge $2000 And had the good grace not show up on a cup Or collar And comes in 14 of the most wanted The first treatment for the entire lip area Clinique Allergy Tested 100 Fragrance Free wwwcliniquecom shades around a a' muh mmi m- m 1 m- r? r v K CLINIQUE Allergy Tested 100 Fragrance Free i 10-- 9 y and Sunday 12-- 6 at ell Dillard's locations Shop Ogden: Newgate Mall We welcome your Dillards Credit Card The American Express Card Diners Club International Mastercard? 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