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Snippets from Starr's brief suggest nothing short of Absolute Power : "If a president were to murder a political opponent, he would argue that the resulting uproar could impair his legislative program, distract him from his duties, affect his dealings with foreign heads of state, and potentially give rise to impeachment proceedings--the very arguments raised by the White House here.
He's engaging in military action to distract himself from his lack of sexual activity.
4) This is another attempt to distract attention from the bombing of Yugoslavia.
Republicans fear that if he picks his issues carefully--education or the environment, not the IMF (too foreign)--vetoes some of the spending bills, and blocks a continuing resolution, he could galvanize disaffected Democrats in Congress and distract voters from Flytrap.
Notice how the still photos modestly complement, but never distract from, the series of charges--an income-tax form is the visual for "higher income taxes," an older person the visual for "increased taxes on Social Security," and so on.