Word: speeches
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...weakness"--and the next thing you know, some stronger type is clubbing you over the head and taking over your cave. That may be why Clinton, in Moscow last Wednesday, felt he had to defend his refusal to apologize for his refusal to apologize. He said he reread his speech and thought it was just fine. That was one nonapology too many for friends like Senator Joseph Lieberman, who led an outpouring of criticism that had, until then, remained under wraps. In Russia, Clinton also volunteered that he was "heartened" by the understanding he'd found in "leaders around...
...referred to the President's apology. I must have missed it. All I heard in Clinton's speech was arrogance and putting the blame on others. WILLIAM M. WITTY Dallas...
Clinton admitted his mistake (to a certain degree), then spent the rest of his Aug. 17 speech attacking Ken Starr. But Clinton brought this on himself. Couldn't he just say, "I'm sorry. It was all my fault. I misled the American people and my family, and I am the only one to blame"? No. He basically blamed Starr. Enough is enough. It's time for a change. JUSTIN DUDLEY, 15 Iowa Park, Texas...
...what message has Clinton sent to Americans? If you have a family, it's O.K. to lie under oath and refuse to discuss details with a grand jury? Clinton's televised speech was neither emotional nor sincere but an insult to the American people. Clinton wants to be remembered as a great President; well, he will certainly be remembered. MIKE DOCHERTY Hong Kong...
...what Lieberman's speech, with its sonorous biblical tone, seemed to prove is that the White House's emerging legalistic strategy--to shift the focus of the debate from what Clinton did to what insist he didn't do--is doomed to miss the big political mark. Even before independent counsel Ken Starr gets his report to Capitol Hill, the President's lawyers plan to submit their own defense on what they consider the legitimate questions of conspiracy and obstruction of justice, the questions raised by the "talking points" that Lewinsky gave her friend Linda Tripp, by the career help...