Word: burtonizing
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Jeffrey A. Letalien '00, one of the sponsors of the failed bill to impeach council Vice President John A. Burton '01, e-mailed 25 council members to ask for their support in censuring Driskell...
Unfortunately, the council's scandal did not have quite the same flair as the nationally televised Monicagate. Clinton's impeachment was riveted around an affair, a cigar and the definition of sex. Burton's impeachment centered around shoplifting, 180 buttons and the definition of "freely available resource." "I did not lie to the Election Commission" doesn't have the ring of "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky...
...Burton's shyness, eager undergraduates seeking pre-Simpsons entertainment last Sunday night had to turn to the vice president's yellow-ribbon wearing entourage. At the trial, anti-impeachment students sported stylish yellow ribbons pinned to their lapels, reminiscent of the red ribbons worn to commemorate those who have died of AIDS. I applaud these individuals for co-opting this brilliant advertising campaign. Some might have hesitated to equate victims of this century's greatest plague with the plight of an Ivy League student embroiled in minor-league political controversy. These courageous warriors for justice refused to abandon their quest...
...Burton's supporters also made their own contribution to the ratings by framing the issue in terms of Burton's race. The presence of the head of Harvard branch of the NAACP, as well as S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, at the council meeting that discussed the constitutionality of Burton's trial made the scandal juicy enough to merit a Boston Globe article. As most people know from the antics of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, race is one of the surest means to generate interest among a population...
...issue of race in the impeachment trial flared briefly, but died just as quickly because it had little merit. Indeed, the entire saga of Burton-centered controversies will most likely fade into the student body's collective consciousness. The best scandals (Watergate, the Teapot Dome) succeed because they contain kernels of truth. With regard to the council's controversy, members of the body are still unsure whether or not Driskell and Burton actually overspent their campaign limit. This scandal was based on vague half-truths, at best...