[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 31 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H1302-H1303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WHITE HOUSE SPIN FACTORY

  (Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I believe it was P.T. Barnum that 
once said, ``There is a sucker born every minute.'' I hope the 
President and those at the White House spin factory do not believe that 
is true.
  We, the American people, are fair-minded people; and we like to give 
others the benefit of the doubt. But we also like to be dealt with in a 
straightforward, truthful manner; and nothing disturbs us more than 
having our trust violated. All we asked for and all we have ever asked 
for is what Sergeant Friday from a former popular TV series used to ask 
of his suspects, ``Just the facts, sir. Just the facts.''
  Mr. Clinton has 21 accusers saying he has done something wrong, and 
they are providing facts. But instead of facts coming from the White 
House, all we are getting is spin after spin after spin.

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  Mr. Clinton, that may work for a while. But, unlike P.T. Barnum's 
theory, Abraham Lincoln had a much better one. ``You can fool some of 
the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all of 
the time.'' And that is a truth that we can count on.

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