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A solution must simultaneously 1) minimize carnage to the presidency and the country; 2) be vindictive enough to sate the GOP; 3) be soft enough to pass the Democrats; and 4) allow us to put the scandal aside (or mostly aside) for the remainder of his term.
The low-key coverage of the event reflected several pre-established media themes: a) Steele is a "peripheral" figure hounded by a vindictive special prosecutor, Kenneth Starr; b) the Steele trial is a pathetic coda to Flytrap's now-finished symphony ("Starr's Last Gasps," says Time ); and c) the sole remaining function of the case is to help determine the credibility of Kathleen Willey, the Richmond, Va., socialite who accuses President Clinton of crudely groping her near the Oval Office in 1993.
The approach is vindictive and castigatory.
Doctorow compares Starr to Joseph McCarthy: "Starr has shown us how a conscienceless, ideologically vindictive use of the investigative privilege can undercut the legitimacy of any duly elected American government."
She doesn't answer questions in public, lacks a political philosophy, barely speaks Hindi (she's Italian), and is legendarily vindictive, yet she's India's most popular politician.