[Mia T]

What we have here is the Dukakis Effect, but of a much higher order of magnitude. You will recall that the Effect appeared full-blown during the '88 presidential debates, when Bernie Shaw (CNN) asked Michael Dukakis if he would favor the death penalty for the hypothetical rapist of his wife. Rather than demonstrating the appropriate affect, anger, Dukakis launched into a rigorous analysis of the death penalty.

In Gore's case, the situation is worse. The rapist wasn't hypothetical, and Broaddrick wasn't his only victim...

and yet Gore launched into an emotionless, non-judgmental , lawless brand of amorality that is uniquely left-wing.

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

Good point about Dukakis and his strangely detached, analytical debate response.

By the way, as Sam Donaldson prepares to jump onto msNBC's sinking ship with his own primetime show, we should give him at least a little credit for being the only White House reporter who had as much courage as Katherine Prudhomme. During a White House press conference, Donaldson boldly asked the creep about Juanita Broaddrick's interview that had actually aired on another network (NBC's Dateline), and Shoutin' Sam even tried to shoehorn in a follow-up when it became clear that the cigar-toting clinton was cowardly referring the question to his lawyers.