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To: Jerry in Omaha who wrote (8656)	11/2/2001 4:45:53 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Wittgenstein? Whooeee. And on a Friday afternoon, too. So maybe FL won't call me offsides for running this golden oldie: >>QUESTION: Mr. President, I want to go into a new subject area, briefly go over something you were talking about with Mr. Bittman. The statement of your attorney, Mr. Bennett, at the Paula Jones deposition -- counsel is fully aware -- it's page 54, line 5. Counsel is fully aware that Ms. Lewinsky is filing, has an affidavit, which they were in possession of, saying that there was absolutely no sex of any kind in any manner, shape or form with President Clinton. That statement was made by your attorney in front of Judge Susan Webber Wright. CLINTON: That's correct. QUESTION: Your -- that statement is a completely false statement. Whether or not Mr. Bennett knew of your relationship with Ms. Lewinsky, the statement that there was no sex of any kind in any manner, shape or form with President Clinton was an utterly false statement. Is that correct? CLINTON: It depends upon what the meaning of the word is means. If is means is, and never has been, that's one thing. If it means, there is none, that was a completely true statement.<< icreport.morriscomm.com Even a genius linguist like Wittgenstein couldn't parse that to make it make sense in the English language.-g- I concede that in the context of the deposition, Clinton was saying that it was true that when Lewinsky signed the affidavit she was not actually engaged in sexual congress with Clinton at the time. But that's not what the affidavit said, and he knew it. It's a BS argument, and he lost. I don't think Clinton ever actually practiced law, he was a law professor, and he worked in government. So he probably didn't realize that games like that don't work in real life. That's what makes it so funny. Rhodes Scholar or not, he really didn't understand what would work and what wouldn't. It didn't fly, and he got sanctioned, impeached, and disbarred, so kids, don't try this at home. (Maybe came from not having a father - fathers are a tougher sell than mothers.)