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Analysts agreed that Starr is turning up the heat on Hubbell in order to make him finger the Clintons for allegedly directing hush money to Hubbell to shut him up about Whitewater.
Times . "1) publicly disparage all investigators as partisan miscreants, as Clinton now does; 2) encourage co-conspirators to resist prosecutorial pressure by arranging for hush money; and 3) hint at post-election pardons."
Hush, Hush, Sweet City
I have a feeling she must think it would be vulgar to get too showbizzy, too gonzo, too Saturday Night Live -ish with this material, given that it's about (hush) cancer.
Even though I'm a journalist now, the former staffer in me wants to hush the blatherers.