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

To: jlallen who wrote (21437)	12/17/1998 5:56:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

You know, I heard the newscaster on CNBC this morning report that with a straight face. The Duma said basically that Clinton was bombing Iraq only because he needs a sexual release, and that Monica was the only one who could put a stop to the bombing.

To: jlallen who wrote (21437)	12/17/1998 6:00:00 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 67261

RUSSIA MAY ASK LEWINSKY FOR HELP Thursday, December 17, 1998; 10:58 a.m. EST MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian legislators considered a motion Thursday appealing to Monica Lewinsky to help halt the American attack on Iraq. ''The State Duma appeals to Ms. Lewinsky to undertake corresponding measures to restrain the emotions of Bill Clinton,'' said the motion by nationalist lawmaker Alexander Filatov. Lawmakers in the Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, considered including the motion in a broader resolution denouncing the attack on Iraq. But seeking to speed up passage of the resolution, they approved it later Thursday without any additions. There was no separate vote on the Lewinsky amendment. The attack by the United States and Britain on Iraq was condemned by almost all major political groups in Russia. The Communists, the largest party in the Duma, also mentioned Clinton and his relationship with the former White House intern. ''Many people link it with Clinton's impeachment and his intimate relations with a certain person, but if these relations develop into such acts of vandalism, than all of U.S. democracy is worth a penny,'' Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov told a Duma debate on the Iraqi crisis. © Copyright 1998 The Associated Press

To: jlallen who wrote (21437)	12/17/1998 10:23:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

No, the Russian State Duma is NOT calling on Monica Lewinski to assist in "restraining Bill Clinton's emotions." An obscure legislator by name of Alexander Filatov made a motion that the Duma do so, as noted by the AP story Bill Vaughn posted. There are quite a few "oddballs" in the Russian Duma, quite capable of making such motions or performing other sorts of stunts, just to get a little attention. (Zhirinovsky is the best known example.) But the Duma as a whole can't be that crazy. OOPS, APOLOGY! APOLOGY! -- NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING! I just saw a story in the Washington Post, and it seems that the Duma HAS INDEED BECOME THAT CRAZY! But don't laugh, ladies and gentlemen. I knew things in Russia had been going downhill in recent months, but this is a shocking demonstration of just how far downhill...A very serious matter, indeed. :-(( jbe