Appropriating that most famous of questions, Michael Kinsley is demanding to know "Who is Buried in Bush's Speech?"
Ever since Watergate, a "smoking gun" has been the standard for judging any Washington scandal. Many a miscreant has escaped with his reputation undamaged—or even enhanced by the publicity and pseudovindication—because there was no "smoking gun" like the Watergate tapes. But now it seems that the standard has been lifted. You would think that on the question of who told a lie in a speech, evidence seen on television by millions of people around the world might count for something. Apparently not. The Bush administration borrows from Groucho: "Who are you going to believe—us or your own two eyes?
Here's the thing: If you're still bothered by Clinton's fumbling definition of "is," then you'd better be bothered now. Please be bothered now. Hell, even the Wall Street Journal and the Stars and Stripes are bothered now.
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