Word: lindseyism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...House Judiciary Committee would regard that as an impeachable offense. And Starr was as yet unable to build a case against whoever wrote the mysterious three-page "talking points" designed to help Lewinsky's friend Tripp tiptoe through a deposition with Jones' lawyers. Starr has subpoenaed Clinton consigliere Bruce Lindsey, who, a source tells TIME, could have been in the best position to offer some legal coaching...
...other option is attorney-client privilege, which would cover Clinton's conversations with his top lawyer, Bruce Lindsey -- but only if no one else was around. "It's very easy to pierce," McAllister says. John Podesta, for instance, who testified Thursday, was in on most of those meetings, not to mention other staffers. And though Podesta's a lawyer, his capacity as deputy chief of staff is political. Says McAllister: "If he can listen in, the law says Starr...
...women, Clinton has had a lifetime of enablers--not just the friends who egged him on but also the ones who helped him sidestep accusations. During the '92 campaign, aide Betsey Wright used to fend off "bimbo eruptions," charges about women from his Arkansas days. Senior adviser Bruce Lindsey used to advise flight attendants on the campaign plane to stay out of range of news cameras when Clinton disembarked. If the claims about Lewinsky are true, then what Clinton needed around him was more Evelyn Liebermans and fewer back-slapping buddies and loyal members of his cleanup crew...
...Which will no doubt come as a relief to the White House. But can they really rest easy? According to TIME magazine, Clinton pal Bruce Lindsey -- the ?keeper of secrets? -- is in Starr?s sights. Clinton aides would not confirm or deny Monday that Lindsey, the No. 2 in Clinton?s counsel?s office, had been subpoenaed. They?ll be meeting with prosecutors this week to discuss what they privately describe as Starr?s ?unreasonable? demands for documents...
...That Paxon doesn't have Gingrich's expansive intellectual range--or combativeness--suits many of Paxon's compatriots just fine. Republicans are winning most of the major political arguments of the day, they say; their problem is style, not substance. "Being conservative and mean are not synonymous," says Representative Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, referring to Gingrich. "Conservatism is popular. We've got a good message; we just need a good messenger...