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Indeed, the examples cited by Ben-Shachar if anything contradict his argument. Fore example, he claims that the Oklahoma bombing of last spring was the end result of the "continuous denigration of government officials." In Ben-Shachar's ideal word, political criticism apparently is not protected speech. Explosives and a deranged disregard for human life--and not words--destroyed the federal building...
Acceding to defense requests, a federal appeals court ordered the removal of U.S. District Judge Wayne Alley from the Oklahoma City bombing case to avoid any appearance of partiality. The defense had objected to Alley because the explosion at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building had slightly injured one of his staff members and damaged Alley's courtroom and chambers, located in a nearby building...
...negotiations with the White House. To allay the image problem, Gingrich transferred responsibility for day-to-day budget bargaining to majority leader Dick Armey and Budget Committee chairman John Kasich. To some extent, Gingrich will try to rely on others, including such unlikely spokesmen as freshman J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, to make the sales pitches on talk shows and press conferences. Gingrich has even vowed to get more sleep. The self-benching has some Gingrich aides worried about the "message vacuum" that will be left in his wake, but that's a problem some rank-and-file Republicans are happy...
Clinton is also helped by an ability to deliver soaring rhetoric. This year he has given several magnificent speeches: in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Clinton spoke words of comfort and pledged that the justice would be served: at Rabin's funeral, Clinton eloquently described the greatness of the slain prime minister; throughout the budget showdown, Clinton's radio addresses framed the argument as a decision between a future of e pluribus unum or a free for all in which special interests dominate...
...pounds, only a closely fought loss to Oklahoma's Franky James in the semifinals kept Friedman from the finals...