Word: reno
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...Danforth is an old Boy Scout with integrity to spare, a pro-life Episcopal minister five years from the fray but still popular and respected enough to get tapped by Reno to sort through the Waco mess. He gives Bush intellectual weight for his ticket, and is dignified enough to have begged out of this game early and reentered it gracefully (by winding up his Waco probe in prompt fashion, which is impressive enough in itself). He's got quiet, stately, non-stage-stealing veep written all over him. He could also lock down Missouri, which hasn't backed...
...between a person who disobeyed the law and one who obeyed it. In other words, there was no problem. But the slovenly Clinton people, spooked by the hue and cry from those who only saw wealthy women with nannies, threw Wood overboard anyway. And brought in the exemplary Janet Reno, over whom the liberal orthodoxy gushed and gushed, even after Waco burned down...
...inquisitor didn't agree. Last week Republicans on Capitol Hill leaked word that Conrad, head of the Justice Department's campaign-finance task force, has recommended that Attorney General Janet Reno appoint a special counsel to probe whether some of Gore's responses were untruthful. Reno's decision could be weeks away, but the disclosure that she is once again considering a larger investigation of Gore comes at a bad time for a candidate with a flagging campaign...
...that would send Republicans on Capitol Hill through the roof--again. They've already been in nosebleed territory as memos have surfaced, even into this year, showing that in 1997 and 1998 several top aides recommended that Reno request an independent counsel on the question of Gore's fund-raising calls from the White House, and whether he lied about their nature. Gore might, for the first time, be wishing she had pulled the trigger then; at least it might be over...
...Elian Gonzales: Buckwheat Juan Miguel (father): Oscar De La Hoya Lazaro Gonzales (great uncle): John Belushi Marisleysis (second cousin): Mary Tyler Moore Armando Gutierrez (family spokesman): Sinbad Greg Craig (fathers lawyer): Leslie Nielson Janet Reno: Jack Palance Fidel Castro: Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) Donato Dairymple: Chevy Chase Diane Sawyer: Victoria Jackson Bill Clinton: Hugh Hefner Al Gore: Rodney Dangerfield