Whitewater: Impeachment Aftermath and Election 2000

by Bartley, Robert L.; Morrison, Micah; Kirkpatrick, Melanie

• ISBN13: 9781881944317
• ISBN10: 188194431X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Dow Jones & Co

Summary

The Wall Street Journal's acclaimed editorial page is President Clinton's toughest critic. Agree or disagree, if you want to understand the Clinton era, you can't afford not to read it. This collection of editorials and op-ed stories sums up the final two years of Clinton's presidency, including the China spy scandals, Gore's campaign finance travails, Hillary's run for the Senate, the fight over Florida and more.

Table of Contents

Introduction	i
Impeachment Aftermath	1	(30)
Good Counsel	3	(3)
The Starr Strategy	6	(2)
Whitewater: Back in Court	8	(7)
Does Character Matter Yet?	15	(3)
Clinton's Johnny	18	(3)
Zhu Knows	21	(3)
Mopping Up Whitewater	24	(4)
Does Clinton Have an `Enemies List'?	28	(3)
Clinton in Contempt	31	(24)
Someone Has to Do It	33	(3)
What's Wrong With Wright	36	(4)
Clinton's China Policy	40	(4)
The Banquo Report	44	(4)
Starr's Mandate	48	(2)
Watching the Watchdog	50	(5)
The 2000 Campaign Begins	55	(40)
Gore's Chore	57	(2)
Victory Would Be Hillary's Best Revenge	59	(3)
The Icon Lady	62	(3)
The Natural	65	(4)
The Remaking of Hillary Rodham Clinton	69	(3)
Campaign Finance Statement	72	(1)
The Counterattack Continues	73	(3)
Bad Lawyer Joke?	76	(2)
Something Happened	78	(4)
Clinton's Other Perjury	82	(3)
Perjury? Let the Courts Decide	85	(2)
Vetting the Frontrunners: Albert Gore Jr. Occidental and Oriental Connections	87	(8)
All About Scandals	95	(28)
Obstruction of Justice Department?	97	(5)
Mr. Ray's Decision	102	(3)
Scandal Decisions: Indict Clinton? Free Archie?	105	(3)
What We've Accomplished	108	(4)
What Trie Got	112	(1)
Swap Schemes: Campaign Finance On Trial	113	(3)
Starry Eyed	116	(1)
Where's Janet?	117	(3)
Ms. White's Conviction	120	(3)
The Most Corrupt Administration Ever	123	(42)
Will Mrs. Clinton Be Indicted?	125	(4)
The Most Corrupt Administration Ever	129	(3)
Pertinent Question: Will GOP Duck Clinton Character?	132	(3)
Judicial Discretion	135	(2)
Mr. Gore's Scandal	137	(3)
Learned His Lesson?	140	(5)
Another Clinton Victim: The Integrity of the Federal Courts	145	(4)
The `Crime-Fraud Exception'	149	(3)
Clinton Revisionism	152	(7)
Secrets Aren't Secure on Clinton's Watch	159	(3)
The Get-Lost Virus	162	(3)
Campaign Finance Scandals	165	(38)
Who Is Richard Trumka?	167	(3)
Truth and Consequences	170	(3)
How Reno Let the Big Fish Get Away	173	(5)
Reno Stonewall: Third Time a Charm?	178	(4)
Al Gore, Environmentalist and Zinc Miner	182	(7)
Malicious Discretion at Justice	189	(4)
The Big Stall	193	(3)
The Riady Connection	196	(4)
`Loose Enterprise'?	200	(3)
The Permanent Campaign	203	(30)
Big Bill	205	(3)
Gore's Clinton Fatigue	208	(3)
How Different?	211	(3)
Titan of the Media Age	214	(4)
Abusing the INS	218	(4)
Three-Ring Scandals	222	(3)
The Wen Ho Lee Diversion	225	(4)
The Coverup Worked	229	(4)
Election Day 2000	233	(20)
Who Is Harold Ickes?	234	(5)
Ken Starr's Vindication	239	(4)
What's It All About?	243	(3)
Touring Cyberspace With DUI Story	246	(4)
Moment for Leadership	250	(3)
Trying to Steal an Election	253	(78)
Pandora's Politics	255	(3)
Let the High Court Count	258	(4)
Recount 'Em All, or None at All	262	(2)
The Railroad	264	(3)
The Gore Hurricane	267	(3)
Florida's Political Swamp	270	(3)
Al Gore's Class-Action	273	(4)
The Donkey in the Living Room	277	(5)
The Will of the Lawyers	282	(3)
How Democrats Wage Political War	285	(4)
President Dimples?	289	(3)
Burgher Rebellion: GOP Turns Up Miami Heat	292	(3)
Supremes to Al: Concede	295	(3)
Some Road to the Presidency	298	(3)
Gore Agonistes	301	(5)
Dimples Wild?	306	(3)
When the Going Gets Messy, There's Jesse	309	(4)
Chad Buildup	313	(3)
The Clinton Legacy: Rule or Ruin	316	(4)
Controlling Legal Authority	320	(3)
What's the Law For?	323	(3)
7 to 2	326	(2)
Supreme Irony	328	(3)
End of an Era	331	(39)
Yes, Indict Clinton	333	(5)
Make Way for Hillary	338	(3)
The Clinton Years	341	(4)
A Photo-Op Presidency: The Finale	345	(4)
Pending Justice: Labor v. Ashcroft	349	(3)
Damaged Justice	352	(3)
The Clinton Legacy: President Paradox	355	(4)
Two Presidencies in One	359	(4)
Who Is Bill Clinton?	363	(4)
Bill Cops a Plea	367	(3)
A Whitewater Chronology	370	(41)
Acknowledgments	411	(2)
Index	413