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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: George Coyne who wrote (7281)	2/16/1998 6:38:00 PM
From: Michael Sphar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Panetta of course has political ambitions that transcend the current presidency. I recall being surprised when he led the charge to depart the White House after the 96 election.

To: George Coyne who wrote (7281)	2/16/1998 7:52:00 PM
From: Triluminary	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Hi George, Sorry wasn't referring to Arlen, my fault, rather obtuse post with the baseball analogy... Message 3445090 Regardless, have to agree with you about Arlen. Can't figure what he's playing at. Perhaps he was just shooting his mouth off in hopes of some media attention. Or, maybe it's because the biggest of the 900 FBI files is his? Anyway, back to the baseball analogy. I was commenting on the fact that Panetta had basically given the President an out. The strategy of admitting a relationship with Monica but then having Clinton say he didn't inhale has been discussed in the media. Panetta played the straight man to the hilt. Offered Clinton a real easy target to hit. What did Slick do? He whiffed, Strike! The White House declined to respond formally to Panetta's statement yesterday, but aides made clear that they were unhappy with it. From their point of view, anything that focuses attention back on Clinton's behavior rather than the conduct of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr is unwelcome. Clinton would rather beat up the messenger some more (BAP was saying this earlier) than to take an even somewhat respectable out.