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When Torquemada arrived at the White House gate, black ministers--many of whose church services are broadcast on radio--unleashed a torrent of appeals on Clinton's behalf.
Now it appears that many of the Jewish liberals, Catholic union members, and Hispanics who had stuck with Dinkins are going to decamp in favor of a Republican with the personal appeal of a Torquemada.
Online reactionary giving is as convenient as today, as barbarous as the Spanish Inquisition--like Torquemada on some kind of laser sled.
The subject, alas, calls for jokes to be explained, surely the most painful experience that could be dreamt up by the mind of woman (just to give them equal time): Torquemada do your worst!
A Ken Starr profile says he is a moderate, inside-the-Beltway schmoozer, not a Torquemada.