70 Year Magazine Archive

Obstruct Art

by Thomas Galvin

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Obstruction works. what other lesson could I draw after four years of covering President Clinton’s scandal management? Clinton and his band of spinners have proved that you can stonewall all of the people all of the time.

The typical Clinton scandal runs like this: Sensational allegation, signs of a cover-up, pledges of cooperation, hysterical Republican reaction, savvy White House response, public disgust at the spectacle, a rise in Clinton’s approval ratings, talk shows over-analyzing what it all means. The new China missile scandal is already fitting the pattern.

TG

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