Friday, April 3

Quotes of the Day:

Kenneth Starr, taking out his garbage Thursday. He quoted Jack Webb of "Dragnet": "Just the facts." (AP)

"You must play by the rules. ... And if you don't play by those rules, if you lie under oath, if you intimidate a witness, if you seek otherwise to obstruct the process of justice, it doesn't matter who wins and who loses in the civil case. What matters, from the criminal law's perspective, is: Were crimes committed?"

Independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, on why he is continuing his perjury and obstruction-of-justice probe
(The Washington Post, "Starr Vows Vigorous Pursuit Despite Dismissal")

"As the president was vindicated, Starr acted vindictive. ... I grew up watching 'Dragnet.' ... Ken Starr is no Joe Friday."

Rahm Emanuel, a senior adviser to the president, responding to Starr's description of who he was emulating
(The Washington Post, "Starr Vows Vigorous Pursuit Despite Dismissal")

"Unless this is an open-and-shut case, the kind which would result in a resignation, as happened with President Nixon, I do not think there ought to be an impeachment proceeding."

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), on where the investigation involving the president might go politically
(The Washington Post, "Starr Vows Vigorous Pursuit Despite Dismissal")

Thursday, April 2

Quotes of the Day:

Judge Susan Webber Wright (Reuters)

"Although the Governor's alleged conduct, if true, may certainly be characterized as boorish and offensive, even a most charitable reading of the record in this case fails to reveal a basis for a claim of criminal sexual assault as there is no alleged conduct that could be characterized as 'forcible compulsion' or 'sexual contact' for purposes of establishing a claim under the provision cited by plaintiff."

Judge Susan Webber Wright, in her ruling dismissing Jones v. Clinton
(from Judge Wright's opinion )

"[Judge Wright's ruling] has no effect on our authority and we will continue working to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible."

Independent counsel Kenneth Starr
(The Washington Post, "Starr to Move Forward 'Expeditiously' ")

''Both Bill and I have felt throughout this whole thing that it would turn out fine, either at a trial or more appropriately as the judge ruled, based on the fact there was no evidence to support these groundless claims.''

First Lady Hillary Clinton to the American Urban Radio Network
(The Associated Press, "Clinton Lauds Jones' Case Dismissal")

Wednesday, April 1

Quotes of the Day:

"I had sex with Bill Clinton, but the important part to me is that I was never pressured. We had an intimate evening. Nothing was ever forced. It was completely consensual."

Actress Elizabeth Ward Gracen, whose friend, Judy Stokes, testified Gracen told her Bill Clinton once "pressured" her into having sex
(The Washington Post, "Jones Seeks Delay to Get Lewinsky Evidence")

"We're not going to be commenting on a 15-year-old story."

White House spokesman James Kennedy
(The Washington Post, "Jones Seeks Delay to Get Lewinsky Evidence")