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Jack Kingston: you know there are a lot of lists in the world. There is the top 40 list of hit music, there is the top 10 list that…

On the recordJune 19, 1998
you know there are a lot of lists in the world. There is the top 40 list of hit music, there is the top 10 list that Letterman is so famous for. There is the list of the World Series winners, the most valuable players, the Oscar winners and so forth. But then of course the White House keeps a series of lists. We all remember the list Secretary of Energy Hazel O'Leary had of friendly and unfriendly reporters. There are the lists that the White House had of 900 private citizens who were deemed enemies of the State because they were Republicans, and of course there is the donors list which they have in the tax-paid-for computer at the White House. But now there is a new list put out by James Carville, the Clinton righthand man. This is the list of enemies of the administration. Who is on this list? Such hard-core right wingers as Lamar Alexander. Keep that in mind next time putting on a plaid shirt. Such guys as the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde); oh, is he not a fire storm kind of guy? I mean one of the fairest and most respected Members of the House from both sides is on the list as an enemy of the State. And then there is Bill Bennett. Of course we know what he did. He wrote that book of virtues which is offensive to the administration. So I am going to submit this for the Record, Mr. Speaker. June 18, 1998.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing lists of perceived enemies maintained by the Clinton administration.

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