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

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (27946)	1/14/1999 3:43:00 PM
From: lorrie coey	Respond to of 67261

Did Asa say "conTRAPS"...when he meant "contracts". Freudian slip...?

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (27946)	1/14/1999 3:49:00 PM
From: miraje	Respond to of 67261

Dan, without the scandal he'd be best remembered as the mouthpiece for Safire's "nattering nanobs of negatism" coinage. Actually the quote was "nabob". "Nay nob" being something Clinton probably wishes were true in this case... :-) Regards, JB

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (27946)	1/14/1999 3:53:00 PM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Daniel, Good web search. That was a smart plea-bargain on Spiro Agnew's part. Those bribery charges would have buried the guy had they stuck. Spiro was one corrupt character. I never liked the guy. Later, -John

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (27946)	1/14/1999 4:13:00 PM
From: Charles Hughes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Agnew did eventually serve time for the cash bribes he took while Governor, didn't he? Or was that probation, too? Agnew - a class guy - always kept a safe with shoeboxes of bribe cash in the closet behind his desk as Governor. Supposedly, in the White House as well. Nixon's bag man. Seems like a different standard is being applied here, somehow. BTW, it was mostly Pat Buchanan who wrote those alliterating cracks. 'Pussillanimous Pussyfooters' (sp?) and so forth. I didn't know that Safire contributed any, but it could be so. Buchanan says Agnew just loved alliteration, but he wasn't as good as Buchanan at making that stuff up, apparently. Buchanan was Agnew's speechwriter and aide until Agnew got dumped, then he wrote most of Nixon's later speeches, as I recall. I don't know if he wrote the 'I am not a crook' speech. He admits to the Agnew speeches, with glee. Chaz