Word: flaps
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...campaign has had its share of ideological fingerpointing--Pressler calling Johnson too liberal for South Dakota, Johnson calling Pressler a Medicare-slashing friend of Newt Gingrich's--but its defining issue appears to be the flap over Washington Babylon, a thinly documented book that accuses Pressler of marrying in 1982 amid speculation that he was gay and of being seen at a "louche rendezvous" in Washington. Pressler, who has blanketed the state with ads attacking the "despicable" charges without stating specifically what they are, blames Johnson and his allies for bringing one of the book's co-authors, columnist Alexander...
...over reports earlier this year that Bud Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, spent nights at the home of lobbyist Ann Eppard. Or that Eppard, a former top staff member for Shuster, still heads up the Pennsylvania Congressman's fund raising. Now there is a new flap. It seems Eppard worked with a lobbyist who represents Carnival Cruise Lines and its trade group to get Shuster's support for a "technical amendment" to the Coast Guard reauthorization bill. Tacked on at the last minute by a member of Shuster's committee, the amendment would, among other things...
...what's the damage? During the bus trip, the audiences were warm to the President and unmoved by the Morris flap. Said hardware store owner Tammy Elias, 35, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri: "I never heard of him [Morris] before this week." The official White House line is that the loss of Morris is no particular loss at all. With the basic message locked in place, the campaign can go on automatic pilot. "The best political strategist is the President," says Panetta. For now, the Clinton camp insists, no new names will be called in. All this is fine with Republicans...
...taunt George Bush. When the "Chicken George" story broke last week, Republicans behaved as if this kind of cheap political theater were a crime against democracy. "I question the need for such a dirty-tricks operation," said Pennsylvania Republican William Clinger, the House committee chairman investigating the Livingstone flap. Call it Feathergate--and imagine what Clinger's hearings could do with this new scandalette: Mr. Livingstone, are you now or have you ever been an ersatz hen? Tell the committee: What did the President know about Chicken George, and when did he know...
...will slow it but it won't stop it." After the Cuban refugee raft crisis in August 1994, it took a year before tourism to Cuba rebounded. As Cuba's economic czar, Laje is worried that a repeat will have dire financial consequences to Cuba. Until this latest flap, U.S.-Cuban relations had been in a warming trend. More than 250 U.S. delegations of businessmen, congressmen and other organizations visited Cuba last year...