Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998
Clinton tapes
Thomas M. Miovas, Jr.
>Comment on Clinton's Use of Language by Ed Locke
>
>I would suggest that after Clinton is impeached
>or forced to resign, he be appointed Professor
>of Post-Modern Philosophy at Harvard. His first
>professional article might be entitled: Sex,
>Aloneness and Is-ness: A Post-Modern Interpretation
>of Oral Sex.
I happen to be off work Mondays and decided to watch some of the
actual tape. I didn't watch the whole thing, but I caught the
parts where he parsed the meaning of "sex" and the meaning of
"alone." You've heard about his parsing of "sex," but his
parsing of "alone" contained even more finesse. Essentially, he
said he couldn't know if he was ever alone with Monica, because
it was a big building with many rooms and the doors were open.
I didn't see his parsing of "is-ness," but I can well
imagine...."To be or not to be, that is not the
question...whether it be knavery to parse with a tongue those
words so fleeting in their legalese...."
