Cliff Stearns: “the state of disbelief continues to grow in this town the longer Mike McCurry pretends to inform the public of any…”

“the state of disbelief continues to grow in this town the longer Mike McCurry pretends to inform the public of any factual information regarding the investigation of Judge Starr. His penchant for passing on ill-informed statements to pass as answers to the American people will now be known as ``McCurryism,'' a new word I am coining today. This is a word which means to pretend shock at the suggestion of impropriety by a reporter's question and then answer that question with nothing but pure spin. For instance, a McCurryism from January 21, 1998: ``The President is outraged by these allegations. He has never had any improper relationship with this woman. He has made it clear from the beginning that he wants people to tell the truth on all matters.'' Another McCurryism from yesterday: ``I can only report what I can ontologically know.'' Well, Mr. McCurry, no amount of metaphysical existentialism can pass as answer to the question: What exactly was the nature of the relationship with the President and one of his female interns?”