[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6515]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   THE STATE OF ONTOLOGICAL RAMBLINGS

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, 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?

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