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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: George Coyne who wrote (1088)	8/13/1998 8:38:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Carville: I Zapped Starr's Charges By THOMAS M. DeFRANK Daily News Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON resident Clinton's attack dog James Carville declared victory in his scorched-earth campaign against independent counsel Kenneth Starr yesterday, predicting the prosecutor will not seek indictments against the President and First Lady. "I think it's most likely that we're going to have a report" instead of indictments, Carville said, adding that Starr would likely conclude that the risk of bringing such inflammatory prosecutions and losing would be too great a gamble. "Ken Starr is probably smart enough to know that if he did something like that and it didn't work out, he'd be the most vilified man in America," Carville said. He took credit for raising public consciousness about what he's repeatedly described as Starr's animosity toward the Clintons and their friends. And he cited weekend polls that suggested a slight majority of Americans now apparently believe that Starr, a Republican, is guilty of partisanship. Bolstered by the tacit encouragement of the President and First Lady, Carville said he intends to keep speaking up about Starr's alleged professional shortcomings. He did throw Starr a back-handed compliment, however, acknowledging: "He's an honest guy who has poor judgment." Carville later told the Daily News that his appearance with reporters was aimed at rekindling press coverage of his Starr-bashing crusade and that he intends to remain vigilant. "He's one more mistake away from not having any kneecaps," Carville chortled. Carville was particularly incensed over weekend charges by Starr defenders that Carville's activities may verge on obstruction of justice. "Ken Starr is the first extra-constitutional human being," Carville said. "You can criticize Mother Teresa, you can criticize the Boy Scouts of America, you can criticize the United Way. But if you criticize Ken Starr, they want to send you to jail." Deborah Gershman, a spokeswoman for the independent counsel's office in Little Rock, Ark., said Starr would have no comment on Carville's latest broadsides.