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Clinton and congressional Republicans have been trading barbs for several days about the state of Social Security legislation, which aims to confront a looming shortage of funds when Baby Boomers retire.
Perhaps the only adequate response to Flytrap was cynicism and pointed barbs, but you would think a story resulting in the impeachment of the president would have had some reporting worthy of the committee's notice.
The barbs of that (Jewish) critic don't seem like such a big deal to this (Jewish) critic, but in Levinson they clearly touched a nerve.