From the same star studded paper:
Note the book title...sheeeze, I'm glad I don't have HPU.
BILL and Monica are back on TV. L'Affair Lewinsky is being made into an HBO movie.
It will be based on ABC commentator and New Yorker writer Jeffery Toobin's book, "A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President."
BUT WAIT - There is more
OIL-SLICK WILLY'S DIPSTICK TRICK
IF the Democrats assembling for tonight's star-studded $5 million Radio City fund-raiser are looking a bit smug, it may be because they know that President Clinton has an October Surprise up his sleeve - one that is almost guaranteed to get Al Gore elected president and Hillary into the Senate.
My sources say Clinton is ready to do what he's already reported to be considering: release a sizable portion of the nation's 600 million barrels of strategic crude-oil reserves to avert this winter's heating crisis.
It's an election year, so that release - which he wouldn't OK last winter, despite the entreaties of Sen. Chuck Schumer - would be a hands-down winner in the Northeast, the Midwest and all the other places where heating bills could become a life-or-death issue.
Clinton only needs to issue an executive order to free up the long-held strategic reserve oil. It can be doled out to energy suppliers across the nation at a set price, perhaps 50 cents a gallon under current rates. It's a one-time fix, but politically a no-brainer, given the hardship and rage that oil at $40 a barrel will create for everyone outside the Sun Belt states.
Economists and op-ed writers have been debating for months about whether we should use the strategic reserves to ease this winter's looming crisis. But Clinton isn't going to let measured arguments influence his decision - if Al and Hillary need help in their tight election races, he will spring the October Surprise. Count on it, and enjoy the fuel-bill savings you'll realize, even as you're chilled by the cynicism of politics. |
