Word: nixonian
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Some constitutional scholars argue that Clinton's more frivolous privilege claims injured the presidency, because Supreme Court rejection of the claims narrowed the circle of confidants any President can count on. But whatever the merits of the ploy, it is to Nixonian abuse as the Berkshires are to the Rockies...
...consideration for confession, which he repeated in some form in virtually every TV appearance. My first reaction was that he ought to put that in writing for purposes of negotiating the terms of surrender. My second was to wonder exactly how much contrition he wanted, on a scale from Nixonian modified hangout to a full Jimmy Swaggart, from something suitable for family viewing to a blushing Playboy-channel disclosure. Hatch made a direct appeal to Clinton when he crossed paths with one of the President's spokesmen at NBC's green room in Washington. Hatch said he meant what...
Moreover, the White House scored a sort of Pyrrhic victory. In two days of House and Senate hearings, Republicans could unearth no evidence that Clintonites used the files to construct a Nixonian enemies list. In fact, the Republicans could not establish that any officials above a rather low level had seen the files. G.O.P. probers who began last week thinking they might uncover a Watergate-size scandal ended up focusing on a less momentous query: Who hired Craig Livingstone...
...revelation about the Clinton White House is not a scandal. That was the case last week with the discovery of a 200,000-person database in the bowels of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Republicans tried to portray the computer system as an ominous Big Brother that harbored a Nixonian Enemies List. The Washington Times disclosed the existence of the "supersecret" computer system on its front page, next to an article about the FBI Fileflap. Aha! The White House really is keeping tabs on people like reporters, corporate executives and members of Congress. G.O.P. leaders pounced. John Boehner of Ohio, the fourth...
Shelley's Nixonian model was Pat, not Dick. For all her campaign experience, she seems to crave a privacy that is eluding her. Asked what type of First Lady she would be, she is hesitant, wary. "I would like to go back--I would not mind going back," she says in her soft voice. "I would be in more of a traditional role, but we would do some unique things." Like what? "I'd rather not describe them," she says, her voice trailing off, revealing as little as possible...