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The Mob Helped Clinton get Started In Politics. It is Now Helping Him Escape the Law When young Bill Clinton in 1974 made his first run for political office, a crucial $10,000 loan was arranged for him by his uncle, Raymond Clinton. Uncle Raymond has been tied by Clinton biographer Roger Morris to the Hot Springs Mafia. But it was not until 1984, when Clinton was elected for a second term as Governor of Arkansas, that Mob money really started pouring in. "That was the election when the Mob really came into Arkansas politics, the dog-track and racetrack boys, the...

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is already the frontrunner for her party's presidential nomination in 2008. But to win the general election, she'll have to overcome opposition from a significant number of voters who absolutely can't stand her. Survey after survey shows that approximately one-third of New Yorkers has a negative opinion of Clinton, the New York Times said Saturday. "The voters who disapprove of Clinton are numerous and unshakable, and they have been around so long that they have a name in political circles. Hillary haters." The former first lady's negative image is largely driven by the perception that...

<p>Somewhere in a parallel universe, where we are the same people but things have happened in slightly differently ways, Rush Limbaugh greets his loyal listeners this morning.</p> <p>"Lots to talk about today. You all know already that Bill Clinton, our former president, has admitted an addiction to prescription drugs.</p>

Whitewater Probe Might Turn Toward Mystery Mansion Christopher Ruddy November 25, 1994 With the dimensions of the 1994 Republican sweep not yet fully calculated, GOP staffers on Capitol Hill already are talking about expanded Whitewater hearings - hearings that would produce subpoenas to a cast of Arkansas characters who have lurked in Bill Clinton's shadow. A name frequently mentioned is Dan Lasater, once a high-rolling bond dealer whose original fortune was made through the Ponderosa Steak House chain, which he founded and later sold at an immense profit. Lasater was one of Clinton's biggest financial backers during the 1980s...