Roscoe Bartlett: “we have really got to hand it to this administration. This is the first administration in history that has combined…”

“we have really got to hand it to this administration. This is the first administration in history that has combined distinguishing characteristics and no controlling legal authority into a legal defense that the media are actually taking seriously, and then spends half the day talking about their legacy. Somehow, I think the legacy that they are likely to leave is not going to be the same legacy they have in mind. Let us face it, when key witnesses keep turning up either dead, unwilling to testify, or hiding out in foreign countries, I do not think this is simply a question of partisan politics, despite the view repeated endlessly on ABC, NBC, and CBS that investigations into the 1996 Presidential campaign are much ado about nothing. If there is nothing to hide, then I ask my fair-minded friends at ABC, NBC, and CBS, why are over 50 witnesses with critical information, why have they either fled the country or taken the fifth? The only scandal bigger than the Clinton-Gore campaign is the way the media have covered it since all these outrageous campaign finance violations have come to light. This, too, will be part of the legacy.”