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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mrknowitall who wrote (12959)	11/4/1998 8:34:00 PM
From: dougjn	Respond to of 67261

<<Doug - you're assuming the other pending investigations aren't going to find anything.>> Yes, of course. Starr has shot his wad. If you can't tell that impeachment momentum has stopped you have a very tin ear. The public knows all the bad facts. All that may remain are a few more good facts...things like contradictions between witnesses, etc. But really, the point is that people are sick of it. And very much like the three respite we go from it. I think event the media will show a bit less appetite...though only partly. The media are really shameless scandal oriented these days. Doug

To: mrknowitall who wrote (12959)	11/4/1998 8:50:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Sure, Mr. K. Back to "who killed Vince Foster", and the incompetent Ken Starr, who couldn't come up with anything on Clinton but BJgate after 4 years. Starr used some pretty rough tactics, too, stuff that I doubt the House investigators would have the nerve to try at this point. Keep wishing. On the oft-touted Kathleen Willey story, supposedly the only thing Starr might yet report on, unless he can figure out a new way to put the screws on Webster Hubbel again, there was this related story from the Sunday NYT. Peripheral Figure Feels Heat of Starr's Inquiry nytimes.com During a four-hour interview, Ms. Steele described her intensifying problems, frequently referring to six color-coded notebooks that contain documents relating to her case. She has nicknamed the notebooks "Pandora," and said they illustrated how Starr's investigation had taken over her life. Ms. Steele described the last year as "a thoroughly despicable experience" because of the investigation. During her last job earlier this year, as a part-time employee for a small communications company, Ms. Steele said she was told not to use her last name when she made customer calls. "I've always been proud of my name," she lamented. Ms. Steele's lawyer, Nancy Luque, who has been representing Ms. Steele on a pro bono basis since March, said Starr's investigators had been asking questions about the adoption arrangements for Ms. Steele's son. Investigators have also been examining Ms. Steele's finances. Ms. Steele said she was aware of rumors that she was paid to challenge Ms. Willey's story, and rumors that she was being threatened with a disclosure suggesting that her son's adoption was illegal. Ms. Steele said there was no truth to any of this. She said that she had received no financial inducements for her testimony and that she legalized the adoption of her son in both Romania and the United States. Ms. Steele said she had no association with the White House and did not even vote for Clinton. Doesn't much matter, though, when the Grand Inquisitor knows what he wants to hear from you. Ms. Steele's version of events is only one of several accounts of the Willey matter. There is Ms. Willey's accusation of a pass and the president's absolute denial. There are the accounts of two friends of Ms. Willey, Linda Tripp and Harolyn Cardozo, who have both said that Ms. Willey was happy about a pass she described from the president. As for their one-time close friendship, Ms. Steele and Ms. Willey no longer speak. Months ago, they had an angry encounter at a market in Richmond. Of all her mistakes, Ms. Steele said, believing that Ms. Willey was her friend was the biggest. Yup. Sounds like this one will take Clinton down for sure. Dream on, Mr. K. I'm sure you prefer the Drudge version of this one, too. Cheers, Dan.