Hunting Season.

• Author: Durst, Will
• Position: The investigation of President Bill Clinton - Brief Article

Just try curling this stray thought around your upper wrinkled gray matter for a moment: He skates. And it's not that far-fetched, because no matter what you think of Bill Clinton, you got to admit he's slippery. Soaped-up Arkansas swamp eel springs to mind. And since he didn't sprout horns or cloven hooves, and his nose refused to Pinocchio as advertised by the Judiciary Committee Republicans in the infamous Grand Jury tape, there's a distinct possibility of the entire GOP committing mass suicide by continuing to pick on poor ol' Bubba. Let us for the sake of argument say he does walk. He takes their best shot and still survives. He'd be impervious to Congressional Kryptonite from then on and would have total carte blanche. Think of it. The White House, a.k.a. Party Central. He could disappear with Madeleine Albright for two weeks in a Days Inn, no questions asked. Emerge from Air Force One handcuffed to Drew Barrymore. French kiss Barbara Waltejs on 20/20 without fear of a discouraging word. Hugh Downs even. All the while protected by the entirely American concept of double jeopardy. It would be stunningly thrilling.

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In an example rarer than a dramatic reading of Anais Nin in a preschool class, Congress actually took time out from its busy witch hunt to get something done before going home for elections. The Senate voted to toughen bankruptcy laws, 97 to 1. I want to know who was the one? And what are his objections to making it tougher to declare bankruptcy? Does one wing of his family keep sticking him with bad gambling debts? Or was he just being Mr. Contrary? You know there's always one guy in every group. "No. I don't think so. Unh Unh. Nope. No. No. No. No. No. No. Nosireeneiroo. I'm sorry, but that's a big negativo." All right, it was ... Senator Paul Wellstone, Democrat of Minnesota. And his reasoning for voting against the bill? It was a great deal for credit-card companies, and a lousy one for working families. Blah, blah, blah. Who's this guy trying to kid? A politician who worries about working families? Right. What next? A member of Congress standing up against big business ravaging the environment? Campaign finance reform? What kind of a country is this? Good thing this guy is on the lunatic fringe.

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