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The NYT story stresses the inability of congressional Republicans to soften their image post-Newt Gingrich; the Post notes that Bush's policy positions are still solidly conservative, despite Bauer's and Forbes' assertions to the contrary; and the Journal calls Bush's Tuesday remarks his "Sister Souljah moment"--referring to candidate Clinton's successful 1992 strategy of distancing himself from his party's ideological base.
The cover story asserts that Kenneth Starr's indictment of Julie Hiatt Steele is based on unbelievable assertions by Kathleen Willey, who "choreographed" her allegations to make them more "marketable."
A leading abortion-rights advocate indicated that he and his pro-choice colleagues have lied about the rarity of partial-birth abortions . Ron Fitzsimmons, the director of a national coalition of abortion clinics, said that contrary to assertions by President Clinton and abortion-rights activists, the vast majority of patients who have the procedure (technically known as intact dilation and evacuation) are healthy women with healthy fetuses that have gestated at least 20 weeks.
A few days later, the Times editorialized: "The President's lawyer, David Kendall, and this week's designated spinner, Paul Begala, cannot prove their sweeping televised assertions that Mr. Starr has illegally leaked grand jury testimony.
Starr replied that the courts had repeatedly rejected assertions that he and his staff had "conducted ourselves inappropriately."