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

To: jimpit who wrote (17403)	7/25/1998 7:51:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 20981

At a briefing at the White House, McCurry declined to answer when asked whether Clinton had already received a subpoena to testify before the grand jury. "We can't comment on subpoenas because subpoenas arise out of grand jury proceedings," McCurry said. -USAToday Nice lie, McCurry. ______________________________________________________________________ Re: McCurry and his business - NYTimes Editorial - McCurry was a bad model, little more than a shill who served his corrupt boss's stonewall against justice, not the interests of the US: July 25, 1998 TOPICS OF THE TIMES A Spinner's Unmerited Praise Here is a proposition. Departing White House press secretaries get praised according to how well they organized reporters' travel needs rather than how well they served the information needs of the people who paid their salaries. Mike McCurry, who is resigning in a leisurely way, kept the White House press corps happy. He protected President Clinton's political interests. He has managed the not inconsiderable trick of leaving this White House without having been subpoenaed. But as a public-information officer paid by the taxpayers, he did not rate very high. He responded to the investigations of Mr. Clinton by announcing that he would not acquire any knowledge that might be useful to the public or the press. His advice that Mr. Clinton explain his relationship with Monica Lewinsky to the American people was ignored. He sometimes dispensed misleading information about James Riady's payments to the Clinton campaign and other matters under investigation. Other White House handlers used him as a blunt instrument to attack the valuable independent-counsel process. Even yesterday he evaded inquiries about whether Mr. Clinton had been subpoenaed by saying the President's lawyers were keeping him in the dark. Some reporters have made fawning remarks about Mr. McCurry's tenure. We say a man who defined his job as "telling the truth slowly" and helped maintain a stone wall against legitimate questions is not a model for other government employees. nytimes.com