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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 8 Num. 29
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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ORLIN GRABBE: WOODWARD'S WAYWARD BOOK
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CN -- Before beginning, a brief comment on the previous CN 8.28,
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Orlin Grabbe's "An Apology and Good-bye".
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There was, long ago, an Irish writer by name of Jonathan
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Swift. Swift wrote an essay called, "A Modest Proposal", in which
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he argued that the then-starving Irish, having a surplus of babies
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to feed, could solve both problems (i.e., starving and surplus of
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babies) by eating their babies!
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Swift's satirical essay was greeted with hostility by many readers.
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Many did not "get it": that Swift was using satire to help get his
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point across.
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Interested readers are referred to Grabbe's past essays, including
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his essay, "Ten Predictions", archived at ftp.shout.net in sub-directory
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pub/users/bigred/og
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Woodward's Wayward Book
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by J. Orlin Grabbe
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I used to think Bob Woodward was an investigative
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reporter. And perhaps he was (I still admire *The Final
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Days*.) But his new book *The Choice* seemingly puts the lie
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to that.
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The title "The Choice" can be taken to refer to the
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political decision voters will make in November between Bill
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Clinton and Bob Dole (as well as to the primary process by
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which they were selected). Woodward also has choice
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opinions about Colin Powell, claiming on the Larry King show
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(June 26) that Powell would make a highly qualified Secretary
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of State.
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Well, hopefully for Woodward's sake the book will
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become a best-seller before both Clinton and Dole drop out
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of the race. And the notion of putting a thief like Powell into
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the office of Secretary of State, where he can continue to
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plunder our military resources and perhaps also put diplomatic
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secrets up for sale, is as ludicrous as any political proposal
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gets. Woodward hasn't begun to do his homework, and the
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book deserves to be trashed.
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Despite any public protestations to the contrary,
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behind the scenes the Democratic bigwigs have begun the
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process of finding a Clinton replacement. ("Democratic
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bigwigs" refers to people like the new head of the DNC and
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to politicians like John Glenn and Ted Kennedy.) Perhaps the
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mantle will fall on Al "Unabomber" Gore if anyone thinks he is
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bright enough (put together two Al Gores and you get one
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Dan Quayle). In *Ten Predictions* I forecast Gore would not
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be the nominee either, based on the belief that the bigwigs
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wouldn't think he could carry the load. But on this point we
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shall have to wait and see.
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The resignation of Clinton is not far away. Air-head
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political commentators keep saying "Whitewater has not hurt
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Clinton in the polls", as though polls mean shit in a court of
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law. Clinton is going to get indicted if he stays around,
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although his indictment will come after that of Hillary. But the
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national security establishment has to be concerned about
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Clinton's recently-developed chronic use of cocaine.
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No one really cares about Clinton's party lines while
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he was Gov. of Arkansas (at least I don't). But now the drug
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seems to have taken over, and no one needs a cokehead
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President. ("Mr. President, North Korea has just invaded
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South Korea." "Well, let me do a couple of more lines, then
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I'll come take care of those mothers!") The drug is
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incompatible with the job.
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If all the scandals surrounding the Clinton
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administration, such as the FBI files, suddenly seem to be
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sticking, it is because Clinton's days are already numbered by
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the powers that be. Clinton will be asked to resign and that
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request will be an ultimatum, a prelude to an "accident" (like
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that of Colby) if it goes unheeded. Like it or not, that is the
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reality of the U.S. political process today.
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Dole? Dole has received one Fifth Column
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information package already (hence his resignation from the
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Senate), and another will be delivered at the appropriate time
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- --though not nearly as soon as some other politicians would
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like.
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But there is nothing to cry about in all this. The
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country deserves better than a Clinton or a Dole. That's
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something to think about this July 4.
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*Some Updates*:
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The *New York Times* front page (June 26, 1996)
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says: "The White House and the F.B.I. had earlier put the
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number of improperly requested files at about 407. But Mr.
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Marceca's personal files show that the White House also
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obtained as many as 500 additional reports . . ." Let's see,
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407+500=907, similar to the 900+ number I reported in
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*Some Observations on the Non-News*. Well, I just reported
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the number of files I knew about at the time. But now I'm
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beginning to think my information was incomplete, and that my
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own number is thus also much too low.
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George Bush returned home from Switzerland empty-
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handed and angry. Meanwhile, rumors are flying all over
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Washington D.C. that our Secretary of Defense William Perry
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is involved in a company that has significant dealings with the
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Chinese military, in particular the missile division. I have not
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been able to confirm anything about these rumors. But since
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the Bush-Powell deal that lead to the loss of Bush's $75
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million was missile-related, one wonders if there is any
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possible connection to Perry. (Keep in mind that none of this
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extracurricular arms dealing has anything to do with politics:
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it's just about ways to make money. You know, the stuff they
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left out in the school book chapter on patriotism.)
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The trial of Earl Brian has started in California. You
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can read about Mr. Brian in part 27 of my Vince Foster series.
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