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...word of a deal spread, Republicans started balking. Did you agree to a bill that would bankrupt the tobacco industry? House Speaker Newt Gingrich wanted to know. "Newt, I know you're hearing that we've gone crazy over here on tobacco legislation, but I want to assure you it's O.K.," McCain told him. And when White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles called to fret that McCain was losing the public health community, McCain said, "Erskine, we are working on that as we speak...
...case involving his sexual conduct. It left Ken Starr defending the continued relevance of his investigation even as White House aides spun out his obituary. It threw much of the press corps, especially its most aggressive investigative wing, into a defensive crouch. It inspired Newt Gingrich to marvel at the President's "courage." It gave feminists an excuse for their pragmatic hypocrisy. It left Jones' mentor Susan Carpenter-McMillan standing beneath her umbrella in a downpour, saying "The angels are crying" for her client. It left a fleet of lawyers watching Jones head off to her health club...
...White House counterattack: As the scribe of the right-wing conspiracy, Starr is in cahoots with Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey. ?At the rate we?re going,? said Clinton adviser Rahm Emanuel, ?I would not be surprised if the Speaker and majority leader are being e-mailed each chapter from the office of the independent counsel.? And Matt Drudge would be CC-ed on those messages, no doubt...
...believe he?s a shameless person,? House Majority Leader Dick Armey announced to a group of 50 high school students -- adding that if he were in Clinton?s shoes, ?I would be so filled with shame that I would resign.? And in case anyone had any doubt, Newt Gingrich added a reminder that the dismissal of the Paula Jones suit would not impede a possible impeachment probe...
...flimsy stories but didn't know they had been paid off by Smith. For his part, Smith told the Chicago Sun-Times he wasn't part of any right-wing conspiracy -- he just wanted to get George Bush re-elected. A conservative fund-raiser and heavy contributor to Newt Gingrich's think tank, GOPAC, Smith maintains the 1992 payouts were "an independent effort to have the untold story told by the mainstream press." He certainly got his money's worth...