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 Who Want's Vernon? Let's Have Michael.
* OK. Here’s why witnesses are so important: Let me take
you back to September 21, 1998.
-- The tide of public opinion was running pretty strongly against President Clinton following his
abysmal speech to the nation on the evening of his Grand Jury testimony.
-- The demeanor of his Democratic supporters in the House was, at best, morose. They had been
defending Bill Clinton all year and he had let them down.
-- The Starr Report had been released and, while it didn’t include any new information, it did have
the effect of putting the whole case in one, overwhelming collection.
-- Then, on September 21st the House Judiciary Committee released the videotape of the
President’s Grand Jury testimony and the tide turned. Big time.
-- The effect of seeing Bill Clinton’s actual testimony – as opposed to reading it – had an indelible
effect on the process and went a long way to changing the outcome of the November 3rd
elections.
* This is the power of a real witness. Hearing and seeing Betty Currie, Monica Lewinsky, Vernon
Jordan, and a few others may well have that same kind of impact on the process – either way.
That’s why the Democrats in the Senate and the White House Spinsters are so adamantly
opposed to the idea.
* Keep an eye on the scheduled Outbreaks of Outrage by the White House. About every three
hours an alarm clock goes off and some White House flunky like Joe Lockhart or Greg Craig trots
out, fairly quaking with indignation, about something the House Managers did say, didn’t say,
meant to say, could have said, should have said, or would have said.
* Speaking of flunkies, Barbara Boxer and Chuck Schumer have said they believe lying about sex
under oath is not a crime. I wonder if they believe they must live up to their oaths to be impartial
jurors if they believe the Trial is only about lying about sex under oath.
* Speaking of Schumer, we know he only spent about one day attending the Judiciary Committee
hearings when he was a member there. Someone ought to ask him if he ever, EVER, went over to
look at any of the documentary evidence. If he didn’t, he should be in favor of witnesses.
Hahahahahaha.
* And speaking of New York Senators, in his shameless attempt to put himself into the Michael
Jordan retirement story, Bill Clinton noted the fact that “Hillary is from Chicago.” Yet another
reason for her to throw a lamp at him. That clip will – I guarantee – be used in a future race for
U.S. Senate from New York as often as the “I never had sexual relations with that woman . . .”
clip.
* All raise hands who see the irony in Bill Clinton proposing a $6 billion anti-crime package on the
opening day of his trial.
* This sounds like something I might have made up, but it’s true: A Washington, DC polling firm is
doing some work on behalf of the Labor party of Israel in the run-up to the elections there.
Someone broke into their offices. The name of the cop who was quoted about the burglary? Joe
Gentile.
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