Word: winging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guilty as he's ever likely to get in a case involving his sexual conduct. It left Ken Starr defending the continued relevance of his investigation even as White House aides spun out his obituary. It threw much of the press corps, especially its most aggressive investigative wing, into a defensive crouch. It inspired Newt Gingrich to marvel at the President's "courage." It gave feminists an excuse for their pragmatic hypocrisy. It left Jones' mentor Susan Carpenter-McMillan standing beneath her umbrella in a downpour, saying "The angels are crying" for her client. It left a fleet of lawyers...
...Wynton Marsalis. Like the music, his mood was a complex mix of mellowness and energy in the aftermath of the dismissal of the Paula Jones suit. Although the feeling inside the White House is that he has been the victim of a protracted personal assault funded by right-wing money, Clinton is wary about speaking out publicly, because he and his advisers feel that his success in the polls has come from his ability to convey to the American people that he is more concerned about their problems than his own. Shuffling the CDs on his desk and drinking coffee...
...Hand Society," so called because of their odd, slightly extraterrestrial appearance. Suddenly these outraged defenders of Clarence Thomas were exquisitely sensitive to the pain of sexual harassment. And when Jones filed her case--employing an absurdly expansive reading of the Constitution's "equal protection" clause so beloved of left-wing legal gadflies--their advocacy never wavered...
...central allegation against Clinton: that in 1986 Clinton pressured former judge David Hale to make an illegal $300,000 loan to Susan McDougal. That allegation came from Hale, a convicted felon whose credibility took another beating last month when published reports accused him of receiving payments from right-wing Clinton haters. Clinton's other Whitewater partner, Jim McDougal, at first denied the allegation, then confirmed it--but his credibility was no better than Hale's, and he died last month in prison. Starr can't build a case around the Hale loan unless Tucker confirms Clinton's role...
...White House counterattack: As the scribe of the right-wing conspiracy, Starr is in cahoots with Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey. ?At the rate we?re going,? said Clinton adviser Rahm Emanuel, ?I would not be surprised if the Speaker and majority leader are being e-mailed each chapter from the office of the independent counsel.? And Matt Drudge would be CC-ed on those messages, no doubt...