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The papers' consensus star of the day, Clinton attorney Cheryl Mills (the papers want whenever possible to have heroes and villains and they love new faces), responded to the House prosecutors' charge that Clinton had violated Paula Jones' civil rights with what the LAT calls a "spirited defense" of Clinton's civil rights record, referring along the way to Bill Clinton's shopkeeper grandfather's penchant for selling to blacks when few whites would.
"There is nothing I have said in this campaign that is in any way mean spirited."
The NYT reports that the "spirited contests" between candidates isn't enough to spark much enthusiasm for the old-fashioned exercise in democracy: though presidential hopefuls have stumped tirelessly throughout the state (save John McCain, who is skipping Iowa to concentrate on next week's primary in New Hampshire), only one-ninth of registered voters are expected to turn out Monday night to stand up and nominate their candidates.
The land and seascapes are impressively rugged and the spirited people a sheer delight.
Each urges you to shake free of the tired mainstream and embrace a more spirited tradition.