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...unlikable Bakaly a fall guy for a sinister independent counsel, trapped by a McCurry-like ignorance of the dirty dealing going on behind his back? Or are Bakaly and Starr both blameless, betrayed by a leaky staffer? Maybe everybody's lying - in those heady days of scandal management, press manipulation (and re-manipulation) was certainly par for the course...
...Washington Post's astrology column. "You could be forced into a corner; be ready with answers based on research." For once, the stars were right. Over four hours that day, federal prosecutor Robert Conrad fired questions at the Vice President about his role in the 1996 campaign-finance scandal. The afternoon session in the vice-presidential mansion was edgy and sometimes contentious. But Gore told reporters days later, "I, of course, answered every question fully and completely...
POTENCY. VASECTOMY. PROSTATE CANCER. In the past few years, prompted by the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the introduction of Viagra and Bob Dole's ED (erectile dysfunction) campaign, America has learned to speak more frankly about male sexuality. Now Dr. Richard Spark, a professor at Harvard Medical School, takes the case for openness a step further in Sexual Health for Men: The Complete Guide (Perseus). Spark tackles such sensitive issues as premature ejaculation, enlarged breasts and hot flashes in men, penile implants and male menopause...
...fired top aides and cut off longtime advisers before the primaries (that was necessary) but because he was routinely imperious and ham-fisted in his dealings with staff. And he was a growing liability. A former U.S. Representative from California who resigned from Congress during a junk-bond scandal in 1989, Coelho is under investigation for alleged corruption as head of the American mission at the 1998 World Exposition in Portugal. (That made him refuse to go on TV to spin for Gore, something a good campaign boss must do.) Coelho also dispensed some lousy tactical advice, encouraging Gore...
...After eight years, the administration may have finally learned that fast, full disclosure is the best scandal-douser. The 150 pages (gist: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'fund-raiser' is") don't seem to contain any legal red flags, at least for lay readers unfamiliar with the minutiae of the case, which is pretty much everybody outside the Justice Department. And Gore's releasing them himself is an unmistakable signal that he's confident of his innocence, or at least his defense: a really bad memory and a very small bladder. It's also the best...