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...have a hard time convincing a poll-driven Congress that lying about consensual sex means you lie about everything; it is the only thing many people lie about. An impeachment for lying looks like an impeachment for sex, too much of a punishment in either event, and a huge ordeal for the country...
...jokingly maintain that he's only passing for white. No President has forged such abiding personal relationships with African Americans, or put so many in positions of real authority. That helps to explain why blacks, more than any other group, have remained loyal to Clinton through his current ordeal: we've been treating him like one of our own. Just as black voters re-elected Marion Barry to a fourth term as mayor of Washington after his drug conviction, and black parishioners refused to oust the Rev. Henry Lyons from the leadership of the National Baptist Convention after he allegedly...
...time. With the doors locked, Dartboard was left banging on glass, unheard and unaided. We then had to rush around to the side door and dash up the stairs, only to arrive into the distinctive midterm silence of pen on paper. And we apologize--after our minor ordeal, Dartboard had to trample over two poor souls in order to get to the room's one remaining seat. Next time we'll be hours early...
...time, but her lawyer, William Ginsburg, said she was "restrained by mental coercion. She was crying and screaming and yelling...They told her if she left she'd be subject to immediate prosecution. This kid was beside herself." He described it as "a treatment for NYPD Blue." Throughout this ordeal, Lewinsky had no lawyer present...
...Dartboard are embarrassed. We're not sure we can ever eat lunch in our House dining hall again. We've just finished our biweekly laundry ordeal, and we're suffering from laundry guilt...