Dale Bumpers: “I had never heard of Whitewater until the summer of 1992 when it surfaced in the campaign. I do not recall ever having…”

“I had never heard of Whitewater until the summer of 1992 when it surfaced in the campaign. I do not recall ever having heard of Madison Guaranty until the former President of that company was indicted, tried and in approximately 20 minutes acquitted. So, all I know about these matters is what I have read in the newspapers. One thing I do know is that I have hardly read one new single revelation in the past 3 months, and I have read most of the things that appeared at least in the local press which is generally a rehash of what I read 3 months ago just different paragraphs and different people saying it. I know a lot of the people involved in both of those matters, some not so well, and some very well. I can tell you that Bill and Hillary Clinton have been very dear friends of mine and Senator Pryor's for many, many years for all the obvious reasons: First, we like them; second, we belong to the same political party; and third, we have attended every frog gigging and chitlin fry in Arkansas together for the past 20 years. But we like them, and we trust them Vince Foster was one of the finest men I ever knew.”