Word: affair
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...column "Say It Ain't So, Mr. President" (Jan. 29), Susannah B. Tobin manages to turn a critique of the President's alleged affair into a polemic against Republicans and the Republican Party. Tobin compares the current scandal to Watergate; but this comparison serves only to highlight Clinton's relative innocence. While Nixon was "paranoid and plotting" and committed acts of "evil," Clinton's actions are merely "stupid" and stem from a "personal flaw." Of course, many of us have a large personal flaw and do many stupid things. Most of us, however, have never committed the felony of perjury...
What an anguished affair. Tuesday's State of the Union address, delivered by a beleaguered President Clinton, was measured, meticulous and utterly painful to experience...
...boils down to two questions, the answers to which are in his head and his head alone: Did you have an affair with an intern, Mr. President? And did you encourage her to lie about that affair? He's waiting because he doesn't want to deny anything which might later be proven true. A wise legal move. Unfortunately, it's a devastating ethical move. I don't believe him now. I wanted him to be honestly angry from the beginning, to deny the charges and dismiss them as the ludicrous fantasies of an imaginative young woman...
...those who are tired of such secrecy in the Lewinsky affair, the motion filed in a Little Rock courtroom Wednesday may come as a relief. Judicial Watch, Inc., a public interest group, asked a federal judge to make public Clinton?s sworn deposition in the Paula Jones case -- on the grounds that it calls the President?s mental state into question. ?If the allegations are true, the President's emotional stability as commander-in-chief may be at issue during a period when serious crises loom in the Persian Gulf and elsewhere,? the motion read. Such legal efforts...
...progress, we are making progress today on preparing Monica a defense," said her attorney, William Ginsburg, after a brief meeting with the tough-talking Kenneth Starr Thursday. That could mean no immunity deal, which in turn raises the possibility that the ex-intern at the center of the affair will be called before Starr's grand jury ? only to plead the Fifth...