Mullings A Political Cyber Column By Rich Galen

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An Estoppel in Arkansas

Monday September 11, 2000

Yesterday's New York Times had a longish article about Bill Clinton's anguish over the disbarment proceedings now, er, proceeding in Arkansas based upon his being fined $90,000 by Judge Susan Webber Wright as a sanction for being in contempt of her court when he "�testified under oath in Judge Wright's presence that he had not engaged in a sexual relationship with a White House intern."

According to the Neil Lewis article, "Because Mr. Clinton did not mount a challenge [to the contempt citation], it is unclear whether he is now barred, or as lawyers would say, "estopped," from repeating his argument that he did not lie."

Clinton, according to the Neil Lewis article, is so angry about the whole thing he might not want to put the Clinton Presidential library in Arkansas after all. Let's see how long it takes for the Clinton Presidential Library Siting Commission to suddenly discover a suitable tract of land on Mulholland Drive.

Ok, class. Everyone raise hands who actually thought Mr. Clinton would be spending the promised two days per week in Arkansas after he leaves office. I said, EVERYONE RAISE HANDS WHO �

Thank you, and shut up. From the Associated Press: Maria Hsia, who was convicted for lying about Al Gore's infamous Buddhist Temple fundraiser, told The New Yorker magazine "he should be proud that he visited the Buddhist temple" where, according to the AP "more than $100,000 was illegally raised for President Clinton, Gore and other Democrats at the April 1996 event."

For the full AP article (and the Mullings Catchy Caption of the Day) go here.

Mullings trotted up to New York City over the weekend. The Director of the Division of Standards and Practices at Mullings went to the hotel gym, only to find about a thousand security personnel and one guy working out: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. A smile and a wave and all parties involved went about their workouts.

All of which explained why the hotel at which Mullings was based had the street behind it completely blocked off, concrete barricades around its front entrance on Central Park South, Secret Service vehicles and NYPD swat teams in full flower, an armored limousine, and a requirement that all packages be checked by police officers.

This contrasted with the scene just a half block away where a standard car, with no security guards around it, sat with a single sign on the dashboard reading: "Iceland."

Washington Post reporter John Harris constructed an 8,600 word article in yesterday's Washington Post Magazine about Bill Clinton's waning days in office. Writing about the fight over trade policy with AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, Harris writes, "The news was bad, and it was greeted by an explosion of presidential profanity and indignation."

Wait a minute. The sitting President of the United States called the president of the nation's largest labor organization a bad name? You mean George W.'s remark last week WASN'T the first time in American history that has happened?

Two long-running acts ended this weekend. Indiana University head basketball coach Bob Knight was fired yesterday after 29 years of successfully defeating- university administrators, students, players and opponents.

On a happier note (literally) "Cats", the Andrew Lloyd Webber (no relation to Susan Webber Wright) musical based upon a series of poems by T.S. Eliot, closed this weekend after 18 years on Broadway. The show had a run of 7,484 performances in New York. Additionally, "Cats" was produced in 30 countries.

The Winter Garden theater which, unlike most "Broadway" theaters, is actually located on Broadway will be dark tonight for the first time since "Cats" opened in 1982. It's next show? "Mama Mia" a musical based on the music of ABBA which has been a huge hit in London. Look! A new day has begun.

Reuters (this is true) is reporting that each athlete at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney has been issued 51 condoms. A quick bit of long division means each athlete is expected to have sex not less than three times a day, every day, for the 17 days of the games.

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