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 Is the Halftime Show Over Yet?
* On Friday, while participating in our first biennial "Supplication Lunch" with Big Time Democrat, former partner, and still friend, Dan Dutko; who should stride into the Palm Restaurant (with Democrats all but throwing rose petals in his path) but Vernon Jordan. About five minutes later who should stroll in (smiling and waving) but White House Lawyer Greg Craig. I searched all over the restaurant for an outraged Senator or at least a cable news commentator to express outrage on my behalf, but found none.
* The President cancelled his trip to Central America so he would be in the US on February 12 when The Trial is scheduled to end. The reasoning is solid: What if he were to be convicted and thrown out of office while he was in, say, Guatemala?
* He would have to pay full fare for a coach seat because he wouldn't have wanted to signal
weakness by ordering an advance-purchase-Saturday-night-stay ticket;
* The aisle seats would all be gone so he will have to sit in a middle seat for the 9-hour flight;
* When he got back to the US, he will get stopped at immigration because he will have no
home address; and,
* His luggage will end up in Abu Dhabi.
* But that's just a fantasy. In reality, The Trial will end in about two weeks. It will end with either a Susan Collins-type Finding of Fact resolution or an Orrin Hatch-type Adjournment resolution. Either will contain language that William Jefferson Clinton lied under oath and obstructed justice.
* This will be the Democrats' chance to put up or shut up. For the last five months - from the time the "he said he didn't do it and I believe him" defense ended up on the DNA testing lab floor and had to be replaced by the "it was in his private life" defense - the Democrats in Washington have been claiming Clinton's behavior has been "reprehensible" and "must be punished." He's their chance. Let's start a pool on how many Democrats actually do the right thing and vote for a strong resolution.
* The defense of the White House and Congressional Democrats against a strong resolution will be that, no matter what the Republicans try to do, it will be deemed "unconstitutional." Here's the joke: If Bill Clinton had paid the same attention to the various oaths he took as Republicans in Congress have paid to the oaths that THEY took, we would not be here.
* Here's a great idea for the NFL: Instead of these ridiculous half-time extravaganzas at the Super Bowl why not have the marching band from the national championship college team do its USUAL half-time show which would be a great honor for the band; would be further recognition for the university; would keep the half-time to something under the seven hours, thirteen minutes it has become; and, would highlight - if you can stand this - kids who march in their college band for fun.
* In one 18 hour period over the weekend I watched "Deconstructing Harry" and "Shakespeare in Love" which were two movies about the same subject - a blocked writer, Woody Allen and William Shakespeare respectively, living his life through his writing. How derivative.
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