[HAL9000]

Sometimes these Independent Counsels like to put some bombshells in these reports that are not immediately apparent.

For instance - in the Starr Report - there was a paragraph that said:

"On Friday, January 2, 1998, Jane Doe #5 signed an affidavit in which she denied that the President made "unwelcome sexual advances toward me in the late seventies."(202) (On April 8, 1998, however, Jane Doe #5 stated to OIC investigators that this affidavit was false.)(203)"

A couple of weeks after the Starr Report was released, that short paragraph was "decoded" and the real meaning became apparent - it was posted on Free Republic on September 23, 1998 under the title - "DID JUANITA BROADDRICK RETRACT HER DENIAL OF CLINTON SEX ASSAULT?".

This information from that FR article about the Starr Report caused a public uproar and massive media coverage that eventually swayed enough votes in the House of Representatives to pass the Articles of Impeachment against Bill Clinton, and Juanita Broaddrick's interviews on NBC and The Wall Street Journal. (Unfortunately, the old Whitewater archives on FR are not currently available to access that historic post.)

The point is - there could be some bombshells in the Smaltz report too, just waiting for some FReeper to discover them.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Ah, this explains why Clinton all of a sudden was attacked by salmonella.

Had to get into sympathy/victim mode before this report comes out and sullies him even more(can a muddy pig get muddier?). Now any reference to him will be met with claims of "piling on", "kicking a man while he's down", but mostly "just more of the mean right-wingers trying to attack him".

Another Arkansas Coincidence.

[flamefront]

Hey, there might be a way to easily get that back from 1998 -- did you see todays mention of the huge internet achive that was just announced?

See --
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/556546/posts

[KC Burke]

You know, you can ask Jim to dig up and make part of the active data base any old post like that and often he can find it and do so for you. I know he can if you have the url.

I had some old posts on my bookmark page that he reactivated for me.

[AGreatPer]

Just got back from Sam's Club tonight. Just noticed something. 90% of chicken products are from Tyson Foods, Arkansas. Sam's Club from, where else, Arkansas. Hmmm.

Just makes me wonder if Sam Walton was a butt likkin boy of the Democrats too?

Not related to this post but interisting.