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Five weeks after Monica Lewinsky first hit front pages, National Journal’s Michael Kelly hints at Clinton Cabinet resignations, points to Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Education Secretary Richard Riley as “deeply bothered.” . . . One local Virginia chapter of National Organization for Women votes unanimously for national NOW leadership to resign, following “the long silence on sexual harassment” charges against Clinton. . . . Six months after Watergate break-in, Richard Nixon had 68 per cent approval rating. . . . New gender gap? Clinton approval rating is 54 per cent among men, 49 per cent among women, and 46 per cent among soccer moms. . . . James Carville mocks faith of Independent Counsel Ken Starr: “He goes down by the Potomac and listens to hymns, as the cleansing water of the Potomac goes by, and we’re going to wash all the Sodomites and fornicators out of town.” . . . New York Times in 1987: Reagan Administration “has turned over voluminous records to all bodies investigating the Iran affair and allowed senior Administration officials to waive all claims to executive privilege and testify.” . . . Harris poll: 51 per cent believe in right-wing conspiracy to remove Clinton from office. Zogby poll: Only 32 per cent believe Vincent Foster committed suicide.

Saddam marches on. Ex-State Department official Larry Johnson: “The Clinton Administration is engaged in one of the most inept displays of diplomacy that has ever been demonstrated in the history of the United States.” . . . One general on Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: “She’s ‘Old Blood and Guts.’ Problem is, it’s her guts and our blood.” . . . Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan tours Iraq, announces himself target of U.S. and British spy conspiracy. . . . Dick Morris on disastrous Ohio town-hall meeting: “Which of those demonstrators is going to run for President in thirty years?

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Five weeks after Monica Lewinsky first hit front pages, National Journal’s Michael Kelly hints at Clinton Cabinet resignations, points to Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Education Secretary Richard Riley as “deeply bothered.” . . . One local Virginia chapter of National Organization for Women votes unanimously for national NOW leadership to resign, following “the long silence on sexual harassment” charges against Clinton. . . . Six months after Watergate break-in, Richard Nixon had 68 per cent approval rating. . . . New gender gap? Clinton approval rating is 54 per cent among men, 49 per cent among women, and 46 per cent among soccer moms. . . . James Carville mocks faith of Independent Counsel Ken Starr: “He goes down by the Potomac and listens to hymns, as the cleansing water of the Potomac goes by, and we’re going to wash all the Sodomites and fornicators out of town.” . . . New York Times in 1987: Reagan Administration “has turned over voluminous records to all bodies investigating the Iran affair and allowed senior Administration officials to waive all claims to executive privilege and testify.” . . . Harris poll: 51 per cent believe in right-wing conspiracy to remove Clinton from office. Zogby poll: Only 32 per cent believe Vincent Foster committed suicide.

Saddam marches on. Ex-State Department official Larry Johnson: “The Clinton Administration is engaged in one of the most inept displays of diplomacy that has ever been demonstrated in the history of the United States.” . . . One general on Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: “She’s ‘Old Blood and Guts.’ Problem is, it’s her guts and our blood.” . . . Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan tours Iraq, announces himself target of U.S. and British spy conspiracy. . . . Dick Morris on disastrous Ohio town-hall meeting: “Which of those demonstrators is going to run for President in thirty years?