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David McIntosh, R-Ind., told Roll Call last month that the GOP would "win" a shutdown if Clinton forced one, because Americans would realize he was trying to distract them from Lewinsky.
The president isn't engaging in military action to distract public attention from his sexual activity.
There are, believe it or not, four separate scenarios suggesting that Clinton may use a war abroad to distract attention from his war at home.
Aren't we?"--something lawyer-lobbyist Abe Fortas discovered when he managed to distract attention from his corruption by playing classical violin in public.
17 The Supreme Court permitted the Jones suit in part because it would not distract the president from his job.