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

To: Surething who wrote (8638)	2/26/1998 9:17:00 PM
From: DD™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

NEW MICHAEL ISAKOFF NEWSWEEK BLOCKBUSSTER STORY SET TO ROLL?? XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX 12:08:04 PST THU FEB 26 1998 XXXXX It's NEWSWEEK's hotshot reporter Michael Isikoff that is said to be on the trail of the "White House Purse," that extremely wealthy Californian who has reportedly been financing PIs onClinton enemies. "He's got himself another blockbuster," a well-placed East Coast publishing source whispers to the DRUDGE REPORT. Isikoff's story has been non-stop talk in Washington since Joe DiGenova asserted on MEET THE PRESS last Sunday that he had been informed by a reporter "that word had gotten around town" that he and his wife were "being investigated by a private investigator with links to the White House and the attorneys representing the president." DD (Drudge Double)

To: Surething who wrote (8638)	2/27/1998 12:20:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

ohhhhh Surething, that hurts. Good thing then, that my clients could give a hoot what college I went to. Good thing then, that they cheerfully agree to each and every price increase I decide on for services rendered. And good thing I've been booked up for years. I realize that my definition of a Liberal was necessarily brief. Also keep in mind that I am defining the USA Clinton liberal, which may differ from the Canadian version. If the label doesn't fit you, then you have no reason to take offense (though you did sound a bit offended). Let me further attempt to define the USA Clinton Liberal. It's an understandably difficult task, for reasons forthcoming. Attributes by which one may identify a USA Clinton liberal: A USA Clinton liberal can have no core principals from which to formulate ideas for action. Rather, USA Clinton Liberals have political directives, which are handed down from Party Leaders. One of the roles of the President is to serve as the de facto head of his party while he is in office. These directives change from year to year. 1) One year a directive is to expand welfare, the next year it's to shrink welfare. 2) One year a directive is that family values are quaint, unfashionable, and unnecessarily constricting, and the next year family values are the core backdrop to the Democratic President's State of the Union speech. 3) One year a directive is that sexual harassment is one of the core social ills of our time, one which unfairly has women as its main victim. And it didn't matter whether the woman eventually had consensual sex with her boss: If she said she had been somehow convinced against her will to do so, or even if she had simply been exposed to a nasty word connotation, then a full and public airing of all sexual episodes in the boss's past, going back 20 years if necessary (and it was), was legitimate fodder for front page consumption on the local newspaper. This year, however, the word has just been handed down that sexual harassment really isn't that big of a deal. So somebody saw his wacker. Big deal. Hasn't she ever seen one before? And someone's sex life --- my GOD!! IT'S NONE OF ANYONE'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER!!!!???? Needless to say, life as a USA Clinton liberal is not easy. You must be ready at any time to turn 180 degrees on items in your "platform" by which you define yourself to voters. But, you must. Otherwise you risk taking a different stance than PARTY LEADERS. And that's not allowed for USA Clinton liberals. Which brings me to the next characteristic by which you can identify a USA Clinton Liberal: You must be willing to prostitute yourself in your defense of Presidential changes in directives. You must be ready to become a complete hypocrite. You have to swallow whatever shreds of pride you may have had left, and be ready to grovel at the voter's feet, because sometimes the public isn't quite ready for sharp changes in party directives. But the USA Clinton liberal is ready to say whatever it takes to get the voters to swallow the new directive. These people work hard, but as you can imagine, it's frustrating to have to defend things that only the prior year you were denouncing as a social ill. So, maybe you identify with these characteristics, Surething? If so, buck up old chap. Stay on your toes and be ready, because there's a new directive coming down. I can't divulge what that is, because I'm part of the vast right wing conspiracy, and my sources are confidential. But you'll know soon. Good day, and good luck. DK