Word: comebacking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SHOULD CLINTON EMULATE?] No. He'd miss his comeback...
Perhaps the only real public apology Clinton ever issued before this episode was when he was attempting a political comeback after losing the Arkansas governorship. On the advice of his political adviser Dick Morris, Clinton made a TV spot asking voters to forgive him for the missteps of his first Administration, like raising taxes and appearing aloof. But that public self-abasement was just a first step in the aggressive campaign that returned him to office in 1982. And nestled among his remorseful words at the prayer breakfast last week was the passing observation that, all the same, "I will...
...think we can safely call it a comeback...
...have is sincerity. And no politician is better at faking it than he is. In 1980 Clinton was a failed one-term Governor until he apologized for raising car-tag fees and got his wife to drop that fancy "Rodham" business with her name. In 1992 he became the Comeback Kid, miraculously saving a crashing candidacy by quickly apologizing for causing pain in his marriage. So why on Aug. 17 couldn't he live the lie a little bit longer in order to satisfy a huge TV audience looking for a reason not to impeach him, fearing that it would...
...bloodletting for now. When the Starr report comes, if it is as damning and detailed as expected, the drama of when and how much he would apologize will be seen as an insignificant sideshow. The main event may be so devastating that no matter how sorry he is, the Comeback Kid will have no comeback...