Word: dumbstruck
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...Some are calling the inquiries a field day for die-hard Clinton-haters. But most see this as a source of bipartisan outrage. Republicans and Democrats alike were dumbstruck by the Rich pardon. The federal prosecutors who indicted Rich are especially livid, particularly because, by definition, Rich appears to be ineligible for a pardon: He never took responsibility for his actions or served any sentence...
...upside-down world when your Vice President takes your marital infidelity more personally than your wife does. Friends say the Gores were dumbstruck by Clinton's reckless dalliance. Hillary's long-standing bargain with her husband might not have sanctioned extramarital affairs, but their life together taught her how to survive them. Tipper, who danced so merrily with Hillary at the '92 convention, took to mumbling that Monica was younger than her own daughter and virtually vanished from the scene...
...always wore the same dumbstruck grin, even though there was more going on in his head than...
...March 8 amid fears that he might already have passed weapons secrets to the Chinese government, was doubly embarrassing. But the realization that the codes stored on Lee's computer could have found their way into scores of foreign hands, including those of the Chinese government, left U.S. officials dumbstruck. "Holy s___," was what Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said when his counterintelligence chief told him of the data transfers in late March...
COMMENTATOR'S VERDICT Then: "It was like going to a bad ballgame." --Senate historian Richard Baker Now: "One sat watching awestruck--or rather, dumbstruck. And then finally just sleep-struck." --the Washington Post...