Point man in 'vast right-wing conspiracy' puffs former president, opposes Iraq war
WASHINGTON – When first lady Hillary Clinton famously lashed out at foes as a "vast, right-wing conspiracy," there was no question in the minds of Democrats as to who was directing it, funding it and pulling the strings.
It was Richard Mellon Scaife, an heir to fortunes made in banking, oil and aluminum who subsidized the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and underwrote countless conservative and Republican causes – including "the Arkansas Project," specifically designed to expose Clinton scandals.
But that was then. This is now.
Today, Dick Scaife has joined the anti-war movement, directing his newspaper in July to call for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, and watching another of his media prizes, NewsMax.com, embrace Clinton with a surprisingly friendly interview about his new book, "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World."
It is nearly impossible to overstate the antagonism that existed between Scaife and Clinton throughout the 1990s.
Time magazine identified him as "King of the Clinton Haters" and also as a "super-Clinton hater." Its April 13, 1998, issue referred to ''Richard Mellon Scaife, the rabidly anti-Clinton billionaire, and the American Spectator, the gleefully anti-Clinton magazine that Scaife has supported.''......
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