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"BUT IT'S NOT POLITICAL ..."
Fancy that. Newtie wants a committee meeting to plan impeachment procedures. All along, they have been privy to the Starr Chamber's leaky-information vault. After all Starr's not only the man, he's their man. A GOP partisan, selected by GOP judges and pledged to "bring down the Clinton Presidency."
However, their purpose is so pure, they say. Just guys "with no sin among us casting the first stone." Hafta see if there is reason to start impeachment procedures against the president.
"But", they insist, "it's not political."
'Course not. Who needs the verdict of the Grand Jury when they can schmooze with good buddy, Starr. Well, so what! We have been told over and over that a Grand Jury prosecutor "can indite a ham sandwich," so why should we care about waiting for a JURY verdict? It's Ken Starr's verdict that counts. The guys already know what he's got. They don't even have to go see him. This is just a play to the media.
We realize that there is a strong possibility that Newtie et al. are just looking out to cover their Republican butts. With the Clinton favorability polls staying at high levels, all this Kennie 'n Us stuff could just be a way of testing the waters. They may be looking to see how the American public reacts.
But, it's not political.
After all, with the November elections coming on, it's important to know what the voters think before you decide just which moral bus you're going to ride on, you don't want to buy the wrong ticket.
And, of course, that's certainly not political -- that's just "bidness as usual" (as Molly Ivins might say.)
Speaking of Molly, she's got another book coming out. The title is: YA GOTTA DANCE WITH THEM WHAT BRUNG YA.
"I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt," writes Molly Ivins in this book. "It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle."
Have you caught any of the media's "little theater" offerings? This is where they interview a Woman-Republican-Representative who is joined at the mouth with one of the Independent Women's Forum fembots. (IWF = G.O.P. women's auxiliary.)
The script seldom varies from one network to another. Their focus is directed against women's rights groups which they claim, have been silent since Anita Hill. With pious expressions and sneers fighting for ascendancy, they heap blame on "those women that refuse to support Paula, Monica and Kathleen "like they did Anita Hill." They paint Clinton as the devil incarnate.
It can't be political, right?
They sound just like P.C.J.'s lawyer did today. You know, the one that works for the Rutherford Institute. "Clinton hates women," he emotes, foaming at the mouth. He does not respect them. He just uses them and throws them away."
The P.B.S.'s Lehrer News hour kick-boxing segment, featured the IWFs vs. the PATs on Wednesday. You know the Pats, don't you? Pat Schroeder and Pat Ireland. (Prez of NOW).
If that TV News hour program is on a Web site somewhere, check it out. Pat S. may have been brought out of mothballs, but she can still deliver a knockout. Neither PAT allowed the charges to stick nor did they apologized for women activists. <CHEERS>
One of many delightful retorts was when Pat S. expressed how ridiculous it was to make charges against women's groups. She asserted that men would never be confronted by such idiocy. For example, if a sports figure was on _60 Minutes_, no one would demand that men's groups should come forth to defend or condemn a player that was accused of choking a coach, for example.
Most G.O.P. Representatives and Senators are keeping up a steady beat of anti-Clinton rhetoric. The idea is that if we hear something often enough, we will come to believe it. Hate-radio denizens echo the spin, since bottom feeders all over the country read from the same script.
Falwell continues to finance the issuing of all sorts of allegations which are mostly pure slander -- nothing new here. Just god's mouthpiece preaching to the choir.
<Hell-a-lul-ya!> But, it's not political.
We've just learned that P.C.J. and Trooper Patterson were feted at a G.O.P. rally after they made their charges against Clinton. They were highly praised and told by Speaker of the House, Newtie, that they were patriots and heroes. Among the other guests were hate-radio's nasty twins, Geegee Leddy and Ollie North.
Just a patriotic bash. Nothing at all to do with politics.
Throughout all the media spins alleging presidential misconduct, we've heard a fairly constant theme from many women: Whatever Clinton is alleged to have done, there is ample evidence that he UNDERSTANDS AND RESPECTS THE WORD _NO_.
The Republican Party Platform, on the other hand, makes it clear that they intend to interfere with and regulate women's reproductive rights.
To this, women have responded, "NO!"
Women want medical
choices to be made between them and their health professional. Most
G.O.P. Reps and Sens either ignore or DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORD NO.
There's a line in PRIMARY COLORS to ponder:
"Think about what you're really interested in, and then pick your candidate."
Now THAT'S political.
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site for sore eyes: http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb
Now why aren't the media digging into why one "sarnt-major" (male) is believed over 6 women? Is this military justice or the 'ol boys club in action?
1998-012
Copyright 1998 Renee T. Louise and Ruth M. Sprague, Ph.D. These articles may be republished for noncommercial use only, provided that they are copied intact, and that this copyright notice is attached. Address all queries to: TWANDA@ConnRiver.net.
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