Word: winging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Flowers, there are tapes and there's a whole host of allegations that don't quite stick to Slick Willie. And it's eerie how Hillary is still able to deflect press attention with a single soundbite. Then: "I'm not some Tammy Wynette." Now: "There is a right-wing conspiracy against my husband." And faster than you can say Dick Morris, Kenneth Starr's reputation heads South...
...even Leno's monologue captured the nightgeist: "Let's move on." He then closed with three nice, clean, bland, always-good-for-a-laff jokes about Twinkies. Remember those? Letterman was playing catch-up with Air Force One jokes about the "right-wing conspiracy." It was sad. Really...
...paid special attention to the words of Stephanopoulos, the man who gave me the opportunity to visit the West Wing. When I heard him say that, if the allegations proved true, the President would have to resign, I groaned. I still remember the thrill I felt when allowed to walk through the famous halls of power. As a loyalist, I am angry at the President and sad for his family, his supporters and the country. Reluctantly, I agree with Stephanopoulos and wish he would resign, if only to stop the bleeding. Though the evidence might not be there to force...
...Washington, he would have had to seek asylum from the wrath of his employers. The best line of the night came from an amazingly calm Mike McCurry, on remote from the White House briefing room, who ascribed Air Force One's mud delay to a "conspiracy under the right wing." (Scooping Leno with the joke, it turned out). In the end, the point Jeff Greenfield failed to make, despite a poll showing that 72 percent think there's "too much" coverage of Sexgate was: We're only doing it for you, dear reader! If you didn't want this stuff...
...Last Laughs: Leno, on Hillary's accusations: "The biggest threat to Bill Clinton is not a right-wing conspiracy but a White House intern with lockjaw." Maher, on Monica's Watergate neighbor Bob Dole: "He's very relieved, because he's been telling Elizabeth for months 'I still keep hearing Clinton's voice at night...