EDITORIAL : MORE STALLING; WHITE HOUSE'S REQUEST TO REVIEW STARR'S REPORT IN ADVANCE IS OUT OF LINE.IN admitting Aug. 17 that he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted (after initially denying) to having had an "inappropriate relationship"[1] while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. , President Clinton said: ``Our country has been distracted by this matter for too long, and I take my responsibility for my part in all of this. That is all that I can do. Now it is time - in fact it is past time - to move on.'' Just who, however, is to blame for the inability of the nation to move on? Granted, the pace of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation has been glacial at times. But the responsibility for most of the delays rests squarely with Clinton, his lawyers and an army of spin doctors. Typical of their obstructionist ob·struc·tion·ist n. One who systematically blocks or interrupts a process, especially one who attempts to impede passage of legislation by the use of delaying tactics, such as a filibuster. tactics was the request Monday by Clinton's private lawyer to review Starr's long-awaited report for at least one week before it goes to Congress. Attorney David Kendall
David Kendall is the name of several people:
Talk about turning justice on its head. That would be tantamount tan·ta·mount adj. Equivalent in effect or value: a request tantamount to a demand. [From obsolete tantamount, an equivalent, from Anglo-Norman to allowing a suspect in a criminal matter to review the investigation before it goes to a grand jury and thus get a head start on the prosecution. The request is entirely out of line. But that's been the record of this administration from the beginning. It has tried just about everything short of dumping truckloads of decaying herring on Pennsylvania Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. joining the White House and the United States Capitol. Called "America's Main Street," it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches and civilian protests. to throw Starr off the scent. Part of the strategy has been to delay, delay and delay, as evidenced by the White House's failed appeals to the courts to prevent government attorneys and Secret Service agents from testifying. And when that didn't work, it was to portray Starr as the villain. But events have overtaken that strategy. Starr had the proper response when he told Kendall, ``I suggest you address your concerns to the House of Representatives.'' Starr is entirely right. The ball is going to be in Congress' court, and the sooner the better. What's more, Clinton is squandering squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. what credibility he has left in Congress by suggesting that the House can't do the job fairly. Sen. Ernest Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (born January 1 1922) served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. Early life Hollings was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He went to The Citadel and received a B.A. , D-S.C., probably summed up the view of many of his colleagues when he said: ``We're fed up. The behavior, the dishonesty dis·hon·es·ty n. pl. dis·hon·es·ties 1. Lack of honesty or integrity; improbity. 2. A dishonest act or statement. Noun 1. of the president is unacceptable and we'll see with the report what course the Congress will take.'' If the president is as anxious as he claims to be about moving on, rather than simply hanging on, he should stop stalling and trying to frustrate the process of getting to the truth. |
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