Word: diversionism
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All this hypothesizing may prove foolishly premature. There is the chance that the Hillary boomlet is being stoked by the Administration as the perfect post-impeachment diversion: a party in honor of the scandal's only victor, a celebration that doesn't appear smug. Who better than Hillary to fill...
But now that the Lewinsky matter is over (sort of), the bridge metaphor may take on a new meaning: The bridge Clinton built for us was the sex-and-perjury-and-obstruction-and-mendacity scandal itself. It was one big distraction, an all-consuming diversion with its own engine. Under...
It's a type as old as melodrama itself, ranging from the truly malignant (Iago) to the merely heedless and goofy (Auntie Mame). Where you place Lucianne between the two extremes is a matter of taste and political predisposition. But there's no denying that she brought color and diversion...
Robohm claimed the activities included "improper diversion of corporate opportunities from Seaboard," a public company, to Seaboard Flour, Bresky's private company. When Robohm refused to "cover up the conduct," he claimed, Bresky fired him for "not being 'a team player.'"
People were grateful for the diversion, and of course politics is pretty much debased this year anyway. When the farm economy is tanking and meanwhile Washington is in the thralls of sexual obsession, and Congress is dormant until late October when it produces a $500 billion spending bill that is...