Subject:  'More' Slick Willey.......
Date:     Tue, 18 Aug 1998 151011 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru@hotmail.com
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.......James Carville, the President's hillbilly strategist and
spokesman (from the Arkansas Ozarks) ... is fond of the expression
"that old dog don't hunt" -- meaning it "ain't believable...."
.....Well, James, let's hear it!!!......guru.......
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01:38 PM ET 08/18/98

U.S. newspaper editorials harsh on Clinton

        
            CHICAGO (Reuters) - Newspaper editorial writers around the
United States came down hard on President Clinton Tuesday after
his admission of an affair with former intern Monica Lewinsky.
            ``President Clinton, to the surprise of almost no one, has
figuratively bared the scarlet letter he wears - an L for
liar,'' said the Houston Chronicle.
            His televised speech Monday night was ``salted with
legalese'' and left the nation wondering whether anything he
said could be trusted, it added.
            The Los Angeles Times said ``Americans have a right to feel
disappointed in this president ... under the best of conditions,
he will be a damaged chief executive, one who demonstrated
incredibly bad judgment by having a relationship with a White
House intern and then lying to the nation.''
            It added, ``(He) made a similar confession before and
suggested it was all in the past. It wasn't. On this issue, he
has no credibility.''
            The Seattle Post-Intelligencer called the speech
''disappointing.''
            ``Clinton's marginal mea culpa does not put the matter to
rest. In admitting that he lied about his 'relationship with
Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate,' the president
establishes himself as a less-than-credible source on whether he
asked others to lie for him.''
            The New York Times said Clinton ``let slip a vital chance to
give a healing report to the nation and to begin the task of
rehabilitating his character in the eyes of the public.''
            It said president's ``blend of minimal confession and
contained tantrum'' would ``not make him a leader who will be
missed once he leaves Washington.''
            The Wall Street Journal said ``Mr. Clinton has rubbed the
nation's nose into this muck for seven months now, long enough
to force us to confront the facts and the standard of behavior
we expect from Presidents.''
            The New York Post called the speech ``the most mind-boggling
presidential address ever delivered ... a pack of lies from
beginning to end.''
            The New York Daily News said ``President Clinton has let the
nation down. The stark contrast between his somber televised
confession last night and the determined, clench-jawed denial
seven months ago marks a breach of trust with the American
people -- a breach so deep that it threatens to wreck his
presidency.''
            The San Francisco Chronicle said ``Americans now know the
truth. President Clinton lied to them.''
            But it reminded readers that a ``lie about an embarrassing
personal indiscretion -- in a civil suit that has since been
dismissed -- is not grounds to remove from office an elected
president of the United States.''
            The Chicago Sun-Times said, ``Rather than taking
responsibility to end this cheap skin-flick of rumor and
allegation, the President hid in the shadows of deceit. An early
confession, no matter how grim, would have been better than the
pathetic backtracking extracted Monday.''
        
 ^REUTERS@




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