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


To: Catfish who wrote (16723)7/2/1998 10:38:00 AM
From: lazarre  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 20981
 
Are you guys really hung up about sex?

I thought that was just a stereotype about some of you folks; now I'm not that sure:

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Did you ever see the
president stop beating his
wife?

MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. STARR'S
INTERROGATION OF SIDNEY
BLUMENTHAL
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BY TODD GITLIN

"Have you ever discussed with Mrs. Clinton
whether the President has a sex addiction?"

"Does the President believe that oral sex is sex?"

"Does the President's religion include sexual
intercourse?"

-- Questions put to presidential aide Sidney
Blumenthal by prosecutors Jackie Bennett, Jr. and
Solomon L. Wisenberg before the Washington
grand jury, as reported in the New York Times on
June 29 and 30, 1998.

..............................

Mr. Blumenthal, did the president ever tell you that
he has stopped beating his wife?

With your own eyes, did you ever see the president
stop beating his wife?

Did Mrs. Clinton ever tell you that the president
had stopped beating her?

Did the president ever tell you that he has stopped
beating anyone else's wife?

Have you seen the president stop beating anyone
else's wife?

If the president had stopped beating anyone's wife,
would you necessarily have seen him do so?

Has Mrs. Clinton ever asked you whether you have
stopped beating your own wife?

Did Mr. Clinton ever stop beating your wife?

Did Mrs. Clinton ever tell you she had evidence
that Mr. Clinton had beaten anyone's wife?

Did Mrs. Clinton refer to any records she had kept
of Mr. Clinton's activity with respect to anyone's
wife?

Did the president ever tell you that he has stopped
having sexual intercourse with anyone else's wife?

Did the president ever discuss with you the ideal
frequency of sexual intercourse?

Does Mrs. Clinton's religion include sexual
intercourse?

Did the president ever threaten to beat anyone's
wife?

Did Steven Brill ever tell you that he had beaten
anyone's wife? Did the president ever tell you that his religion
forbids beating anyone's wife?

Did the president ever say in your hearing, "Take
my wife -- please"?

Did you ever see the president wink while
discussing a visit to Santa Monica?

Did you ever see the president wink or nod while
referring to "affairs of state"?

Has the president ever used what is commonly
called a four-letter word in your presence?

Has the president ever discussed with you the
rightward-leaning aspect of his masculine member?

Has the president ever discussed with you the
rightward-leaning aspect of the independent
prosecutor?

Has the president, in your hearing, ever cast
aspersions on the sexual proclivities of the
independent prosecutor?

Has the president ever told you that size matters?

Has the president ever told you that size doesn't
matter?

Has the president ever made obscene gestures in
your presence?

Has the president ever discussed his toilet training
with you?

Has the president ever discussed Mrs. Clinton's
toilet training with you?

Has the president ever discussed with you his
participation in the toilet training of his daughter?

Has the president ever discussed your own toilet
training with you?

Has the president ever discussed any toilet training
whatsoever with you?

Would you comment on the president's personal
hygiene?

Does the president believe that flossing is dental
hygiene?

Have the president and Mrs. Clinton read the Bible
together in your presence?

Would you characterize their demeanor on such
occasions?

Would you call it reverent?

Did Mrs. Clinton ever tell you that of all the songs
by the Eagles, the president most preferred "Lyin'
Eyes"?

Did Mrs. Clinton ever tell you that of all the songs
by the Eagles, the president least preferred "Lyin'
Eyes"?

Did you ever see Mr. Clinton run screaming from
the room at the sound of the song "Lyin' Eyes"?

Did the president ever tell you that of all the songs
of Frank Sinatra he most favors "My Way"?

Did the president ever caution you, "Don't ask,
don't tell"?

Have you ever discussed with Mrs. Clinton whether
the president has an addiction to potato chips?

Have you ever discussed with Mrs. Clinton whether
the president has an addiction to Big Macs?

Have you ever discussed with Mrs. Clinton whether
the president has an addiction to french-fried
potatoes?

Have you ever discussed with Mrs. Clinton whether
the president has an addiction to any foodstuffs
whatsoever?

Have you ever discussed with Mrs. Clinton whether
the president has an addiction to any controlled
substances?

Have you ever discussed with Mrs. Clinton whether
the president has an addiction to any substances
whatsoever?

Have you ever discussed with Mrs. Clinton whether
the president has an addiction to golf?

Have you ever discussed with Mrs. Clinton whether
the president has an addiction to any activities
whatsoever?

Has the president ever discussed with you the
shape of any female person?

Has the president ever discussed with you the
shape of his office?

Has the president ever discussed with you the
shape of the nation?

Did Mr. Matt Drudge ever ask you if you had
stopped beating your wife?
SALON | July 2, 1998

Todd Gitlin is professor of culture, journalism and sociology at
New York University and the author of "The Twilight of
Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture
Wars" (Metropolitan/Holt) and "The Sixties: Years of Hope,
Days of Rage" (Bantam). >>>