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...from welfare reform to cleaning up TV, were lifted from the enemy camp, but most are being promoted through an array of presidential directives that cut the G.O.P. out of the picture. Says presidential historian Michael Beschloss: "Clinton is the first President to use Executive action the way a painter uses a brush: to slowly, carefully fill in parts of his own public image...
...whom Republican Congressman Wes Cooley of Oregon threatened to punch in the nose for asking uncomfortable questions about his wife's finances. Or Mimi Swartz, a National Magazine Award winner who had the temerity to write a profile in Texas Monthly of freshman Congressman Steve Stockman, a former house painter who personifies the desire of voters to throw out incumbents in favor of the inexperienced and the uninformed. Offering a great deal of evidence, she described him as a militia-loving, ethically challenged "class clown." In response, the Congressman's top aide, Cory Birenbaum, shot off a letter to Swartz...
...disappointment in a London season filled with intimate epics (all of War and Peace in 4 1/2 affecting hours!), incandescent stars (a ragged but potent revival of Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman with Paul Scofield and Vanessa Redgrave), one thrilling biodrama (Pam Gems' Stanley, on English painter Stanley Spencer) and lots of musicals about dead pop singers (Buddy, Elvis and, for Pete's sake, Jolson...
...Vipers, who face charges including illegal-weapons possession and conspiracy, are seemingly unobtrusive, working-class folk. Randy Lynne Nelson, 32, the alleged Viper leader, is a house painter; Dean Carl Pleasant, 27, another suspect, is a former doughnut maker; Henry Alfred Overturf, 37, is a bouncer for a local strip club; Ellen Adella Belliveau, 27, worked for AT&T. It was Belliveau who allegedly suggested during one meeting that the militia retaliate against the families of federal agents in case Vipers were arrested. None of the others apparently agreed with...
...surprising, then, that many of the highlights in the movie ironically come from the comedy provided by Robert Pastorelli as Johnny C., a witness Arnold has saved and who insists upon helping him out. Best-known for his role as Eldin or "that painter guy" on "Murphy Brown," Pastorelli plays the highly-principled ex-gangster Johnny C. with quality humor that is a far cry from the cutesy punch-lines of most action films. Calling upon hilarious motley trio of relatives and friends to help Arnie out, Pastorelli offers amusing false bravado as a welcome alternative to Arnold's superstar...