Up From Zen, part 2 of 4: Roshi Phil Jackson Torpedoes the Presidents +^

[Disbasing Zen Stories]

Up From Zen: Roshi Phil Jackson undermining the Presidency ...

Part two of four:

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. Round Two (1995-1998) for Bill Clinton
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April 19, 1995: "a truck bomb destroys the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people. Clinton visits the scene a few days later." (presidentialtimeline.org)

Early July, 1995: "Monica S. Lewinsky begins work as an intern in the White House chief of staff's office." (washingtonpost.com)

July 11, 1995: "Clinton normalizes relations between the United States and Vietnam after 20 years." (presidentialtimeline.org)

Aug. 5, 1995: "United States and Vietnam establish diplomatic relations." (ABC News)

September 1995: "Republicans continue to dismantle or reverse sixty years of U.S. domestic social policy. To accomplish the goal of a balanced budget and tax cuts within seven years, scores of programs enacted during administrations from Franklin Roosevelt's to Richard Nixon's are hobbled or entirely eliminated." (PBS Healthcare Timeline)

September 19, 1995: "The Senate votes eighty-seven to twelve to join the House in transferring control of basic welfare programs from Washington to the state capitals by repealing a section of the Social Security Act of 1935 that provided aid to dependent children of indigent families. Ending the federal welfare system sets the stage for a final battle over Medicare and Medicaid. Once again, television airwaves are flooded with commercials either extolling the correctness of the Republican approach or warning of its grave dangers. But this time the roles are reversed. Now it is the Republicans who complain about scare tactics and charge their opponents with trying to frighten the elderly and keep them from understanding how the GOP plan will reform and save Medicare." (PBS Healthcare Timeline)

September 21, 1995: "Sam Gibbons of Florida erupts in a rage during a committee meeting now led by Republicans. Gibbons is reacting to yet another Republican delay in making public details of their Medicare plan. He and other Democrats complain that Republicans intend to force a vote on their plan -- still not fully disclosed--after just a Single day of hearings the following week." (PBS Healthcare Timeline)

End of September 1995: "One year after House Republicans signed their Contract With America, Congress has failed to pass eleven of thirteen appropriations bills to keep the federal government operating, and half of the Contract's provisions are stalled in the Senate by opposition or inaction. In Washington, growing disgust and disillusionment with the way The System is working -- and its polarization, bitterness, and extremism -- prompt leading Democrat Bill Bradley of New Jersey to announce he is leaving the Senate. He does so, he says, because he believes The System is 'broken.' His departure is part of a record exodus of retiring senators." (PBS Healthcare Timeline)

October 18, 1995: "Republican Medicare and Medicaid plans pass the House on an almost strictly party-line vote. Action in the Senate follows within a few days. The President promises to veto the bill -- and does so, knowing he will not be overridden." (PBS Healthcare Timeline)
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Friday, Nov 3rd, 1995: Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Chicago Bulls kick off their 1995-1996 season, Phil's 4th Championship season against the Charlotte Hornets.
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Nov. 4, 1995: "Rabin assassinated. PresidentClinton attends funeral. Mideast peace process stalls." (CBS News)

Mid-November 1995: "Major parts of the government shut down after a temporary extension of funding expires with Congress and the President locked in bitter dispute over a budget agreement." (PBS Healthcare Timeline)

Nov. 13, 1995: "Lewinsky accepts a paying job dealing with correspondence at the White House office of legislative affairs." (washingtonpost.com)

Nov. 15, 1995: "During the government shutdown, Clinton visits the chief of staff's office for a birthday party. Lewinsky lifts her jacket and shows him the straps of her thong underwear. Then he invites Lewinsky to his private study, where they kiss. Later that evening, they have a more intimate sexual encounter during which he takes a call from a member of Congress." (washingtonpost.com)

Nov. 17, 1995: "Lewinsky and the president have another sexual liaison during which he spoke to Rep. Sonny Callahan (R-Ala.) on the phone." (washingtonpost.com)

Nov. 20, 1995: "Lewinsky gave Clinton a tie, the first of 30 or so gifts from her. The president gave her about 18 small gifts during their relationship." (washingtonpost.com)

November 21, 1995: "The Presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia initial documents and 11 annexes relating to the Dayton peace agreement brokered by the United States at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The Dayton Peace Accords were signed on December 14, 1995, in Paris, ending years of conflict between Serbs, Muslims and Croats in Bosnia." (presidentialtimeline.org)

Nov. 26, 1995: "Lewinsky started her paying job at the White House." (washingtonpost.com)

December 16, 1995: "A confrontation between the White House and the Republican congressional leadership over the budget results in a partial shutdown of the federal government." (presidentialtimeline.org)
"The latest temporary spending bill deadline expires with Clinton and the Republican Congress still far from agreement on the budget and on health care. The second partial government Shutdown begins." (PBS Healthcare Timeline)

Dec. 31, 1995: "On New Year's Eve, Lewinsky spoke to the president in his private dining room. She reminded him of her name because she had the impression he had forgotten it in the intervening six weeks. They then have their third sexual encounter." (washingtonpost.com)

Early 1996: "Whitewater resurfaces with still more congressional hearings focused on Hillary Clinton's role in the land deals and the firing of White House Travel Office employees in the spring of 1993. Events reach a new level of vituperation when New York Times columnist William Safire calls the First Lady 'a congenital liar' in his column, and the First Lady is subsequently compelled to appear before a grand jury in Washington. House Republicans even turn on Bob Dole and accuse him of 'caving in' after he leads the Senate in passing a resolution to reopen the government while talks continue." (PBS Healthcare Timeline)

Jan. 7, 1996: "Clinton called Lewinsky at her home in the afternoon. He invited her to visit him at the Oval Office, where they spoke for 10 minutes. Then they went into the bathroom, where they had a sexual encounter." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 21, 1996: "Clinton spotted Lewinsky near a White House elevator, and invited her to the Oval Office. Nearby, while she was in mid-sentence, he lifted her shirt and they had another sexual encounter." (washingtonpost.com)

Feb. 4, 1996: "Clinton telephoned Lewinsky at her desk, and they planned a rendezvous. After a sexual encounter, they talked in the Oval Office for 45 minutes, their first substantive conversation." (washingtonpost.com)

Feb. 8, 1996: "Clinton signs telecommunications deregulation bill." (ABC News)

Feb. 19, 1996: "Clinton calls her at her apartment and she goes to see him. He tells her how uncomfortable he is about their relationship, and he terminates it." (washingtonpost.com)

March 29, 1996: "Clinton called Lewinsky to propose she see a movie with him and some friends at the White House theater, but she declined." (washingtonpost.com)

March 31, 1996: "Clinton calls Lewinsky, suggesting she visit the Oval Office on the pretext of delivering papers. They have a sexual encounter." (washingtonpost.com)

April 5, 1996: "Lewinsky is removed from her White House job and transferred to a public affairs position at the Pentagon, because of her superiors' perception that she was spending too much time around the president." (washingtonpost.com)

April 7, 1996: "On Easter Sunday, Lewinsky told the president that she was being transferred. He promised to bring her back to the White House after the 1996 election. Then they had a sexual rendezvous during which he spoke on the telephone with political consultant Dick Morris. They were interrupted again when Clinton aide Harold M. Ickes called out for him from the Oval Office. Clinton rushed to see Ickes, and Lewinsky left." (washingtonpost.com)

April 26, 1996: "Following second government shutdown, Clinton and Congress finally agree on a compromise federal budget." (ABC News)
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Victory call by Clinton to Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Bulls, June 17, 1996.
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Aug. 6, 1996: "[Clinton] Signs amendments strengthening the Safe Drinking Water Act." (ABC News)

Aug. 22, 1996: "[Clinton] Signs welfare reform bill over the objections of some Democrats. The bill limits lifetime welfare benefits to five years and gives more control to states." (ABC News)

Aug. 28, 1996: "[Clinton] Officially named the presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago." (ABC News)

Sept. 3, 1996: "United States launches missiles at Iraq in retaliation for the country's moves against its Kurdish minority." (ABC News)

September 24, 1996: "Clinton addresses the United Nations General Assembly. He signs the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty." (presidentialtimeline.org)
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Friday, Nov 1st, 1996: Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Chicago Bulls kick off their 1996-1997 season, Phil's 5th Championship season against the Boston Celtics.
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Nov. 5, 1996: "[Clinton] Re-elected president with 49 percent of the popular vote and 379 electoral votes, defeating Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot." (ABC News)

Jan. 20, 1997: "Clinton sworn in to second term." (ABC News)

Feb. 14, 1997: "The Washington Post published an anonymous Valentine's Day note placed by Lewinsky, addressed to 'Handsome.'" (washingtonpost.com)

Feb. 28, 1997: "After she attended the taping of Clinton's radio show, she had her picture taken with him. He told her to see his secretary Betty Currie because he had something for her. Currie accompanied Lewinsky into the study next to the Oval Office. Then Currie walked into the nearby pantry, where she waited for about 15 minutes while Lewinsky and the president had a sexual encounter -- their first in 11 months. Then he gave her a hat pin and Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass.' Lewinsky later discovered that the blue dress she had worn that day was stained with his semen." (washingtonpost.com)

March 29, 1997: "Currie arranged a meeting after Clinton said he had something important to tell Lewinsky. When Lewinsky arrived, Currie took her to the study, and Lewinsky had a sexual encounter with the president. It would be their final sexual liaison." (washingtonpost.com)
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Clinton White House victory visit by Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Bulls (for the 1995-1996 season), April 4th, 1997 (much delayed).
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May 2, 1997: "The White House and Congress reach an agreement to balance the federal budget by 2002." (presidentialtimeline.org)

May 24, 1997: "Currie called Lewinsky and asked her to come to the White House. Lewinsky brought gifts, which she gave Clinton in the pantry. Then he told her he had to end their affair." (washingtonpost.com)

May 27, 1997: "The Supreme Court unanimously rejected Clinton's claim that he should be immunized from civil lawsuits. That allowed the Paula Jones case to proceed." (washingtonpost.com)
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Victory call by Clinton to Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Bulls, June 13, 1997.
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June 16, 1997: "Lewinsky meets with top Clinton aide Marsha Scott about returning to White House." (washingtonpost.com)

July 3, 1997: "Lewinsky writes president, taking him to task for not keeping promise to help her return to White House job, and warns she might 'explain to my parents' why she wasn't getting one." (washingtonpost.com)

July 4, 1997: "Lewinsky has 'emotional' visit with president around 9 a.m. Lewinsky tells Clinton that Newsweek is working on an article about Kathleen E. Willey, who alleges that the president groped her in the White House. Lewinsky had found out about it from her Pentagon colleague, Linda R. Tripp. Clinton reprimands Lewinsky for sending him a letter that obliquely threatened to disclose their relationship if he failed to get her transferred from her Pentagon job back to the White House." (washingtonpost.com)

July 14, 1997: "Clinton has Lewinsky return to the White House to further discuss Tripp and Newsweek. Clinton asks if Lewinsky has confided their relationship to Tripp and Lewinsky falsely says no. Clinton wants Lewinsky to tell Tripp to contact deputy counsel Bruce R. Lindsey and give Currie a 'mission accomplished' call if that is done." (washingtonpost.com)

July 15, 1997: "Lewinsky talks to Tripp, then calls Clinton to say Tripp was not receptive to contacting Lindsey." (washingtonpost.com)

July 24, 1997: "Lewinsky goes to White House and chats with president for five to 10 minutes. He gives her an antique pin as birthday present." (washingtonpost.com)

Aug. 5, 1997: "After compromise with Republicans, signs tax-relief plan reducing estate and capital gains taxes, increasing cigarette taxes, establishing tax credits for children and college tuition, and creating Roth IRAs." (ABC News)

Aug. 11, 1997: "Newsweek story is published in which Tripp says Willey told her Clinton made a pass at her; Clinton lawyer Robert S. Bennett publicly questions Tripp's credibility." (washingtonpost.com)

Aug. 16, 1997: "Lewinsky visits president and gives him birthday gifts in mid-morning. She kisses him and moves to perform oral sex, but the president rebuffs her." (washingtonpost.com)

Sept. 3, 1997: "Lewinsky and Marsha Scott talk for 47 minutes. Scott says the job slot in her office has been eliminated." (washingtonpost.com)

Early September, 1997: "Currie passes on to Lewinsky several items from the Black Dog restaurant on Martha's Vineyard as gifts from the president." (washingtonpost.com)

Late September, 1997: "Tripp begins secretly recording her conversations with Lewinsky about the affair. She later said she did so at the suggestion of New York literary agent Lucianne Goldberg." (washingtonpost.com)

Sept. 30/Oct. 1, 1997: "Clinton calls Lewinsky in middle of night. Around this time, Clinton asks White House staff to help with a job search." (washingtonpost.com)

Oct. 6, 1997: "Lewinsky speaks to Currie about possibility of getting job in New York. Currie quotes president as having said, 'We can place her in the U.N. like that.' Later that day she writes a letter to president and asks for meeting to discuss job situation." (washingtonpost.com)

Oct. 10, 1997: "Clinton calls Lewinsky and they argue, and Lewinsky complains Clinton hasn't done enough to help her." (washingtonpost.com)

Also in October, 1997: "The Rutherford Institute funding the Jones lawsuit receives three anonymous phone calls from a woman tipping them off about a possible Lewinsky-Clinton affair, sources have said. Goldberg, her son Jonah, Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff and Tripp meet to discuss tapes." (washingtonpost.com)

Oct. 11, 1997: "Clinton sends for Lewinsky. Lewinsky asks if his friend Vernon E. Jordan Jr. might be able to help her and Clinton is receptive." (washingtonpost.com)

Oct. 31, 1997: "U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson and two assistants interview Lewinsky at Watergate." (washingtonpost.com)
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Friday, Oct 31st, 1997: Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Chicago Bulls kick off their 1997-1998 season, Phil's 6th Championship season against the Boston Celtics.
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Nov. 3, 1997: "Lewinsky receives U.N. job offer." (washingtonpost.com)

Nov. 5, 1997: "Jordan speaks with president by phone, and later that morning meets Lewinsky in his office for 20 minutes. Lewinsky shows him a job 'wish list.' During the day, Jordan calls Currie once and Clinton aide Nancy Hernreich four times. He meets with president at 2 p.m." (washingtonpost.com)

Nov. 13, 1997: "During the White House visit of Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo, Lewinsky visits Clinton in his private study. Currie sneaks her up the back stairs to avoid White House employees. She gives him several gifts. After a quick kiss, he rushes off for a state dinner." (washingtonpost.com)

Nov. 24, 1997: "Tripp subpoenaed in Jones case." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 5, 1997: "Jones's attorneys name Lewinsky as potential witness. Lewinsky exchanges words with Clinton at White House Christmas party and drafts a letter to him, saying she had more gifts for him." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 6, 1997: "Lewinsky goes to White House to deliver letter and gifts. She waits at Northwest Gate after Currie informs her Clinton is meeting with his lawyers. But Lewinsky storms off after learning he is meeting with Eleanor Mondale. Clinton and Lewinsky speak on the phone; she visits him at the White House." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 11, 1997: "Lewinsky meets again with Jordan. He places calls that day to Young & Rubicam, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings and American Express about jobs. Jordan tells her: 'You're in love, that's what your problem is.'" (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 15, 1997: "Jones's lawyers serve Clinton with request to 'produce documents related to communications between the President and Monica Lewinsky.'" (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 17, 1997: "At about 2 a.m., Clinton calls Lewinsky and informs her she is on Jones case witness list. He tells her to call Currie if subpoenaed. Clinton tells Lewinsky to say she came to White House to visit Currie." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 18, 1997: "Lewinsky has job interviews in New York with MacAndrews & Forbes and Burson-Marsteller." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 19, 1997: "Lewinsky served with subpoena in Jones case, calls Jordan and goes to his office. Jordan speaks to Clinton in afternoon and evening. Clinton tells Jordan he has 'never' had a sexual relationship with Lewinsky." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 22, 1997: "Jordan arranges for Lewinsky to meet with attorney Francis D. Carter. Jordan drives her to Carter's office." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 26, 1997: "Lewinsky leaves Pentagon job." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 28, 1997: "Lewinsky meets with Clinton in Oval Office. In adjoining study, Clinton gives her several Christmas presents, including a stuffed animal from the Black Dog, chocolates and a pair of joke sunglasses. They kiss. That afternoon, Currie contacts Lewinsky and later drives to her apartment and collects a box containing some of the gifts. Currie hides the box under her bed at home." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 30, 1997: "Lewinsky has interviews in New York, arranged by Jordan, with Revlon and Burson-Marsteller." (washingtonpost.com)

Dec. 31, 1997: "Lewinsky has breakfast with Jordan at Park Hyatt Hotel. Later in the day, she discards about 50 draft notes to the president." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 4, 1998: "Lewinsky drops off final gifts to the president at Currie's home: a book entitled 'The Presidents of the United States,' and a love note inspired by the movie 'Titanic.'" (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 5, 1998: "Clinton returns a call from Lewinsky, who is worried about questions in the Jones case about the circumstances of her transfer from the White House. Clinton suggests that she could say that persons in Legislative Affairs had helped her obtain the Pentagon job. In what would be their last conversation, they also talk about what Lewinsky called 'an embarrassing mushy note' that Lewinsky had sent Clinton. He says she shouldn't send notes that suggest they were intimate. The same day Lewinsky turns down the U.N. job." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 6, 1998: "Lewinsky and Jordan discuss her affidavit. Jordan talks with president less than 30 minutes later." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 7, 1998: "Lewinsky signs an affidavit in the Jones case declaring she 'never had a sexual relationship with the president.' Her lawyer does not, however, submit the affidavit yet. Lewinsky goes to Jordan's office with it. Jordan calls White House three times." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 8, 1998: "Lewinsky interviews at MacAndrews & Forbes in New York. She tells Jordan the interview went poorly and he calls the chairman, Ronald Perelman. Jordan makes three calls to White House, including two to the counsel's office." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 9, 1998: "Lewinsky interviews again with MacAndrews & Forbes, and with Revlon. She informally accepts a Revlon job. She calls Jordan with news. Jordan informs president, who responds: 'Thank you very much.'" (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 12, 1998: "Tripp brings independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr the tapes of her conversations with Lewinsky. Lewinsky's lawyer, Carter, faxes Jones's team a copy of her statement denying a sexual affair with Clinton." (washingtonpost.com)
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Clinton White House victory visit by Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Bulls should be on, or around, January 1998, but is unreported in any press release or newspaper article.
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Jan. 13, 1998: "FBI agents equip Tripp with a hidden microphone and record her conversation with Lewinsky at the Pentagon City Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Clinton talks with Chief of Staff Erskine B. Bowles about a reference for Lewinsky, required by Revlon. Currie calls Lewinsky that day and tells her it had been '[taken] care of.'" (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 14, 1998: "Lewinsky gives Tripp a 'talking points' paper about what to say in her Jones testimony." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 15, 1998: "Starr requests permission from the Justice Department to expand his authority so he can investigate Lewinsky allegations. Not knowing of these events, Lewinsky encourages Tripp not to disclose her relationship with Clinton and tells her others will tell the same story as she will under oath. When Tripp asks who, Lewinsky answers, 'He will,' referring to Clinton." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 16, 1998: "A three-judge panel approves Attorney General Janet Reno's request to expand Starr's mandate. Starr's deputies have Tripp lure Lewinsky into meeting again at the Ritz-Carlton. They intercept Lewinsky. FBI agents and U.S. attorneys question her. Michael Emmick, one of Starr's assistants, tells Lewinsky she could be indicted for perjury, witness tampering and obstruction of justice, and should cooperate. An immunity deal is offered, but it runs out at midnight. Carter files Lewinsky's affidavit with a motion to quash the Jones subpoena. William H. Ginsburg takes over from Carter as Lewinsky's attorney." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 17, 1998: "Clinton is deposed in the Jones suit. He denies having 'sexual relations' with Lewinsky under a definition provided by her lawyers, and says he can't recall whether he was ever alone with her." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 18, 1998: "Clinton meets with Currie to compare her memory of his interactions with Lewinsky with his own." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 19, 1998: "Ginsburg seeks immunity for Lewinsky, but Starr's office demands to know the content of her testimony before discussing any deal. Currie makes repeated, unsuccessful attempts to contact Lewinsky." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 20 or 21, 1998: "Currie and Clinton met again to discuss his testimony about Lewinsky, according to Currie's testimony." (washingtonpost.com)

Jan. 21, 1998: "The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and ABC News report on Starr's Lewinsky investigation. In media interviews, Clinton denies a 'sexual relationship' with Lewinsky and says he did not urge her to lie. Revlon withdraws its job offer." (washingtonpost.com)
"Several news organizations report the alleged sexual relationship between Lewinsky and Clinton. Clinton denies the allegations as the scandal erupts." (ABC News)

Jan. 22, 1998: "Clinton reiterates his denial of the relationship and says he never urged Lewinsky to lie. Starr issues subpoenas for a number of people, as well as for White House records. Starr also defends the expansion of his initial Whitewater investigation. Jordan holds a press conference to flatly deny he told Lewinsky to lie. Jordan also says that Lewinsky told him that she did not have a sexual relationship with the president." (ABC News)

Jan. 23, 1998: "Clinton assures his Cabinet of his innocence. Judge Susan Webber Wright puts off 'indefinitely' a deposition Lewinsky was scheduled to give in the Jones lawsuit. Clinton's personal secretary, Betty Currie, and other aides are subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury. Ginsburg says Lewinsky is being "squeezed" by Starr and is now a target of the Whitewater investigation." (ABC News)

Jan. 24, 1998: "Clinton asks former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Harold Ickes and former Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor to return to the White House to help deal with the controversy. Talks continue between Starr and attorneys for Lewinsky over a possible immunity agreement." (ABC News)

Jan. 25, 1998: "Ginsburg says Lewinsky will 'tell all' in exchange for immunity. Clinton political adviser James Carville says "a war" will be waged between Clinton supporters and Kenneth Starr over Starr's investigation tactics." (ABC News)

Jan. 26, 1998: "Clinton forcefully repeats his denial, saying, 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.' Ginsburg offers Starr a summary of what Lewinsky is prepared to say to the grand jury in exchange for a grant of immunity from the prosecution." (ABC News)

Jan. 27, 1998: "Jones' attorney, John Whitehead, answers Starr's subpoena with several documents, possibly including Clinton's deposition in the Jones suit. Currie testifies before the grand jury. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton says in a broadcast interview that a 'vast right-wing conspiracy' is behind the charges against her husband. A Portland, Ore., man, Andy Bleiler, alleges he had a five-year affair with Lewinsky, and his lawyer promises to turn over documents and items to Starr's investigators. Clinton delivers his State of the Union address, making no mention of the scandal." (ABC News)

Jan. 29, 1998: "The judge in the Paula Jones lawsuit rules that Monica Lewinsky is 'not essential to the core issues' of the Jones case, and has ordered that all evidence related to Lewinsky be excluded from the Jones proceedings." (ABC News)

Jan. 31, 1998: "Immunity discussions between Monica Lewinsky's attorney, William Ginsburg, and Ken Starr's office appear stalled. Ginsburg says Lewinsky plans to go to California in the coming week to visit her father." (ABC News)

Feb. 4, 1998: "Word comes that Independent Counsel Ken Starr has rejected the latest written statement by Monica Lewinsky's lawyers seeking immunity from prosecution for her. Their on-again, off-again immunity discussions are off." (ABC News)

Feb. 5, 1998: "Ken Starr says his inquiry is 'moving very quickly and we've made very significant progress.'" (ABC News)

Feb. 6, 1998: "At a news conference, President Bill Clinton says he would never consider resigning because of the accusations against him. 'I would never walk away from the people of this country and the trust they've placed in me,' he says." (ABC News)

Feb. 10, 1998: "Monica Lewinsky's mother, Marcia Lewis, appears before the grand jury. Ken Starr and his investigators suspect Lewis was aware of her daughter's alleged affair with President Bill Clinton." (ABC News)

Feb. 11, 1998: "First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton predicts the allegations against her husband 'will slowly dissipate over time under the weight of its own insubstantiality.' A retired Secret Service uniformed guard, Lewis C. Fox, claims in an interview he saw Monica Lewinsky come to the West Wing on weekends with documents she said were for the president." (ABC News)

Feb. 18, 1998: "One of President Bill Clinton's closest advisers, Bruce Lindsey, spends the day before the Whitewater grand jury. The hearing is stopped briefly when questions of executive privilege are raised." (ABC News)

Feb. 19, 1998: "Ken Starr's chronology shows presidential friend Vernon Jordan began seeking a private-sector job for Monica Lewinsky within 72 hours of her being listed as a potential witness in the Paula Jones civil rights lawsuit against President Bill Clinton." (ABC News)

Feb. 20, 1998: "Lewinsky attorney Bill Ginsburg says the former intern met with Vernon Jordan much earlier than was being reported." (ABC News)

Feb. 23, 1998: "There is more legal wrangling over when Marcia Lewis, Lewinsky's mother, will resume her grand jury testimony. Her lawyer, Billy Martin, says she is 'going through hell.'" (ABC News)

Feb. 25, 1998: "White House lawyers are preparing legal briefs to defend the administration's position that executive privilege should shield several of President Bill Clinton's top aides from certain questions in the Lewinsky investigation." (ABC News)

Feb. 26, 1998: "White House senior communications aide Sidney Blumenthal testifies before the grand jury, answering questions about any role he may have played in spreading negative information about investigators in Independent Counsel Ken Starr's office. Fourteen Democrats in the House write Attorney General Janet Reno complaining about subpoenas issued by Starr. A non-profit group that studies women in the workplace says it will contribute $10,000 as seed money for a legal defense fund for Lewinsky." (ABC News)

Feb. 27, 1998: "White House communications aide Sidney Blumenthal refused to answer some of the questions posed before the grand jury, citing the controversy over whether the independent counsel can force aides to testify about conversations they had with the president." (ABC News)

March 3, 1998: "Vernon Jordan Jr. testifies before the grand jury." (ABC News)

March 5, 1998: "Lawyers for Monica Lewinsky battle with Ken Starr over whether Lewinsky has a binding immunity agreement." (ABC News)

March 9, 1998: "U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright rejects a request by Ms. Jones' attorneys to include evidence of a Monica Lewinsky affair during a Jones trial." (ABC News)

March 10, 1998: "Kathleen Willey, a former White House volunteer who accused the president of fondling her, testifies before the grand jury for four hours." (ABC News)

March 11, 1998: "The grand jury spends the day listening to audio recordings, which sources say are tapes made by Linda Tripp of her conversations with Monica Lewinsky." (ABC News)

March 16, 1998: "Clinton says 'nothing improper' happened when he was alone with Kathleen Willey, responding to her accusations aired in an interview on '60 Minutes' the previous night. The White House releases letters Willey sent to the president, signed 'Fondly, Kathleen' in an effort to cast doubt on her story." (ABC News)

March 17, 1998: "The White House charges that Kathleen Willey tried to sell her story to a book publisher for $300,000. Willey's attorney denies the charges. A friend of Lewinsky and the presidential diarist give grand jury testimony." (ABC News)

March 18, 1998: "Julie Steele's affidavit is released. In it she says she lied when she claimed Kathleen Willey had come to her house the night of the encounter and told her about it." (ABC News)

March 20, 1998: "President Clinton decides to formally invoke executive privilege." (ABC News)

March 23, 1998: "Clinton begins his 11-day tour of six sub-Saharan African nations to strengthen international ties to the emerging market and to show support for democracy in Africa." (presidentialtimeline.org)

March 25, 1998: "Marcia Lewis, Monica Lewinsky's mother, fails to persuade a federal judge to excuse her from a third day of testimony. Starr subpoenas records from Kramerbooks & Afterwords on Monica Lewinsky's purchases at the store. One of her purchases was reportedly Nicholson Baker's 'Vox,' a novel about phone sex. Jodie Torkelson testifies." (ABC News)

April 1, 1998: "The Jones suit is dismissed by U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright." (washingtonpost.com)

April 7, 1998: "Presidential diarist Janis Kearney testifies before the grand jury. Harolyn Cardozo, daughter of multimillionaire fund-raiser and Clinton pal Nate Landow and a former White House intern, testifies before the grand jury. She is questioned on Kathleen Willey's accusations of unwanted sexual advances made by the president." (ABC News)

April 9, 1998: "A second White House steward is called to testify before the grand jury in a supposed effort to learn of meetings between the president and Monica Lewinsky." (ABC News)

April 10, 1998: "Political leaders on both side of Northern Ireland's sectarian conflict agree on Good Friday to a tenative settlement brokered by United States mediators." (presidentialtimeline.org)

April 14, 1998: "Kenneth Starr files a sealed motion in U.S. District Court to compel testimony of uniformed Secret Service agents, according to the Wall Street Journal." (ABC News)

April 16, 1998: "Ken Starr withdraws from consideration for the deanship at Pepperdine University Law School. Starr said an end to the Whitewater investigation 'was not yet in sight.' Bernard Lewinsky lashes out at Kenneth Starr, calling the treatment of his daughter 'unconscionable.' He also asks for help in paying the former intern's legal bills." (ABC News)

April 18, 1998: "U.S. News & World Report says retired Secret Service office Louis Fox testified before the grand jury that during a visit by Lewinsky to the White House in the fall of 1995, Clinton told him, 'Close the door. She'll be in here for a while.'" (ABC News)

April 21, 1998: "Former President George Bush weighs in, challenging Ken Starr's attempt to get Secret Service officers to testify before the grand jury." (ABC News)

April 28, 1998: "Nancy Hernreich, director of Oval Office operations, testifies for the sixth time in the Lewinsky investigation." (ABC News)

April 29, 1998: "A federal judge rules that Monica Lewinsky does not have an immunity agreement with Ken Starr." (ABC News)

April 30, 1998: "In his first news conference since the Lewinsky scandal broke, the president lashes out at Independent Counsel Ken Starr charging that he heads a 'hard, well-financed, vigorous effort' to undercut the president. Clinton repeatedly declines to elaborate on his relationship with Lewinsky." (ABC News)

May 5, 1998: "Federal Judge Norma Holloway Johnson rules against President Clinton's claim of executive privilege. Clinton confidant Vernon Jordan testifies for a third time before the grand jury." (ABC News)

May 6, 1998: "Clinton's personal attorney, David Kendall, accuses Starr's office of 'flagrant leaks,' citing a Fox News report that claimed information on Clinton's executive-privilege decision came from the independent counsel's office." (ABC News)

May 8, 1998: "Ken Starr and David Kendall quarrel over leaks of grand jury information. Betty Currie testifies before the grand jury for the third time." (ABC News)

May 13, 1998: "Ken Starr seeks contempt charges against David Kendall, the president's personal attorney. Starr accuses Kendall of leaking grand jury testimony." (ABC News)

May 14, 1998: "Starr argues in federal court that there are no legal grounds for Secret Service agents who guard the president to refuse to testify before the grand jury. Betty Currie, the president's personal secretary, returns for her fourth appearance before the grand jury testimony." (ABC News)

May 21, 1998: "Walter Kaye, a retired insurance executive and prominent Democratic contributor, testifies before the grand jury." (ABC News)

May 22, 1998: "Federal Judge Norma Holloway Johnson ruled that the Secret Service must testify before the grand jury in the Monica Lewinsky controversy." (ABC News)

May 27, 1998: "Monica Lewinsky's lawyer, Bill Ginsburg writes an angry 'open letter' to Ken Starr which was published in 'California Lawyer.' 'Congratulations, Mr. Starr! As a result of your callous disregard for cherished constitutional rights, you may have succeeded in unmasking a sexual relationship between two consenting adults.' It is reported that death threats were made against Linda Tripp when the Lewinsky scandal first broke in January and she was moved to a safe house." (ABC News)

May 28, 1998: "Ken Starr asks the Supreme Court to expedite their ruling on executive privilege. Monica Lewinsky gives handwriting and fingerprints samples to the FBI at Ken Starr's request." (ABC News)

June 1, 1998: "Clinton's defense team decides to drop the appeal on the executive privilege ruling. But his lawyers will continue to argue for attorney-client privilege to prevent close friend and aide Bruce Lindsey from answering all of Ken Starr's questions." (ABC News)

June 2, 1998: "The outspoken Bill Ginsburg is replaced as Monica Lewinsky's lawyer with a team of experienced Washington litigators, Jacob Stein and Plato Cacheris. The split was said to be by 'mutual agreement.'" (ABC News)

June 5, 1998: "Appeals court fast tracks attorney-client privilege dispute. Federal Judge Norma Holloway Johnson rules that while Monica Lewinsky's book purchases did have a bearing on her case, only Kramer Books -- and not Barnes & Noble -- would be required to hand over records of her purchases." (ABC News)

June 8, 1998: "The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Ken Starr's attempts to access notes take by the lawyer of late White House deputy counsel Vince Foster nine days after the meeting in question. Foster's lawyer, James Hamilton argued the notes are covered by attorney-client privilege, but Starr's office said the privilege doesn't always extends past death." (ABC News)

June 9, 1998: "Presidential friend Vernon Jordan testifies before Ken Starr's grand jury for the fifth time. Lewinsky's new lawyers say they are upset by her photo layout in Vanity Fair magazine." (ABC News)

June 10, 1998: "Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes appears before the grand jury to testify about his involvement, if any, in the release of information from Linda Tripp's personnel records." (ABC News)
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Victory call by Clinton to Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Bulls, June 14, 1998.
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June 15, 1998: "Deputy White House Counsel Bruce Lindsey files an appeal of federal Judge Norma Holloway Johnson's decision to deny him attorney-client privilege in the Lewinsky case." (ABC News)

June 15, 1998: "The publication of an article in the new magazine of media criticism, Brill's Content, alleging that Ken Starr leaked information to the media leads Judge Holloway to hold a private meeting with lawyers for both sides of the case to investigate the charges. The magazine's editor and creator, Steven Brill, said Starr admitted to the leaks in a 90-minute interview." (ABC News)

June 16, 1998: "Ken Starr releases a 19-page attack on Brill's article, calling the editor 'reckless' and 'irresponsible' for printing what he called a misinterpretation of their interview." (ABC News)

June 18, 1998: "Sources tell CNN that three FBI agents have testified in secret affidavits that a plan to wire Monica Lewinsky and monitor her conversations did exist. The secret testimony refutes Ken Starr's published denial of the plan, but does not specify that the conversations Starr's prosecution wished to tape were with the president or Vernon Jordan." (ABC News)

June 22, 1998: "Kramer Books and lawyers for Monica Lewinsky strike a deal in which records of Lewinsky's purchases are submitted to Ken Starr's office by her lawyers and not the book store, thereby allowing the book store to maintain it stood up for the First Amendment." (ABC News)

June 22, 1998: "CNN learns that Ken Starr may be willing to make an immunity deal without requiring that Monica Lewinsky plead guilty to some charge against her if they decide that she is cooperating fully with the prosecution." (ABC News)

June 25, 1998: "The Supreme Court rules 6-3 that attorney-client privilege extends beyond the grave, exempting Vince Foster's conversations with his lawyers from being called as evidence in Ken Starr's presidential investigations." (ABC News)

June 25, 1998: "White House communications aide Sidney Blumenthal testifies before Ken Starr's grand jury for the third time. Blumenthal complains that Starr's inquiry focused on what the White House was saying about his prosecution rather than Blumenthal's conversations with the president." (ABC News)

June 26, 1998: "Ken Starr presents arguments to a federal appeals court requesting that Secret Service personnel be required to testify in the Lewinsky case. Linda Tripp is called to appear before the grand jury on Tuesday, June 30." (ABC News)

June 29, 1998: "Attorneys for Dale Young confirm that the Lewinsky family friend testified before the grand jury that Monica Lewinsky spoke to her of an intimate relationship between herself and President Clinton. According to Young's testimony, Lewinsky confided in her in 1996, detailing the limitations and rules Clinton had placed upon their relationship." (ABC News)

June 30, 1998: "Linda Tripp appears before the grand jury for her first day of testimony, accompanied by her children. She says that she did not trick Monica Lewinsky when she taped conversations with her former friend." (ABC News)

July 1, 1998: "Linda Tripp makes her second appearance before the grand jury, during which the Lewinsky tapes may have been played." (ABC News)

July 7, 1998: "Linda Tripp returns for her third day of testimony before the grand jury, as the Maryland state's attorney opens investigations into Tripp's taping of her conversations with Monica Lewinsky. The investigation is aimed at deciding whether Tripp had broken Maryland state laws that require both parties in a conversation to consent to be taped." (ABC News)

July 7, 1998: "The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that Secret Service agents must testify before the grand jury, upholding Judge Norma Holloway Johnson's earlier decision." (ABC News)

July 9, 1998: "Monica Lewinsky announces she is prepared to cooperate in the Maryland investigation into the legality of Linda Tripp's tapes of phone conversations as Tripp appears before the grand jury for the fourth time." (ABC News)

July 14, 1998: "Ken Starr subpoenas Larry Cockell, head of the president's security detail. The Justice Department, backed by the Secret Service, requests a full panel appeal of the Secret Service testimony decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals." (ABC News)

July 17, 1998: "Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist denies an extension of the temporary stay on Secret Service testimony. The subpoenaed Secret Service agents appeared before the grand jury, although only three of them testify. Larry Cockell, who is not one of the agents to testify, spends the afternoon waiting." (ABC News)

July 21, 1998: "The U.S. Court of Appeals holds a hearing on alleged leaks of grand jury information to the media by Ken Starr's office. The hearings center on Judge Norma Holloway Johnson's secret sanctions against Starr and his subsequent appeal. The sanctions would require Starr to turn over documents and other evidence related to the alleged leaks." (ABC News)

July 25, 1998: "Word emerges that Independent Counsel Ken Starr has served President Clinton with a subpoena that calls for his testimony before the Lewinsky grand jury next week. Negotiations are underway on the scope, timing and format of Clinton's testimony." (ABC News)

July 27, 1998: "The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that attorney-client privilege does not protect presidential confidant Bruce Lindsey from answering all questions put to him before the Lewinsky grand jury." (ABC News)
"Lewinsky submits to a detailed proffer interview with Starr's office. She then was questioned extensively over the next 15 days, by Starr's office and the grand jury." (washingtonpost.com)

July 28, 1998: "In a dramatic breakthrough, lawyers for Lewinsky and Starr work out a full immunity agreement covering both Lewinsky and her parents, Marcia Lewis and Dr. Bernard Lewinsky." (ABC News)

July 29, 1998: "President Bill Clinton agrees to testify voluntarily and Starr's office withdraws the subpoena. Clinton's testimony is set for August 17 at the White House." (ABC News)

July 30, 1998: "Sources say that as part of her immunity agreement, Lewinsky has handed over to prosecutors a dark blue dress that she alleges may contain physical evidence of a sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton. The dress is turned over to the FBI lab for testing." (ABC News)

Aug. 3, 1998: "Clinton is asked for a blood sample for DNA testing." (washingtonpost.com)

August 6, 1998: "Monica Lewinsky appears before the grand jury to begin her testimony." (ABC News)

August 7, 1998: "A federal appeals court lets an investigation of alleged news leaks from Ken Starr's office continue." (ABC News)
"Terrorists bomb U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing hundreds and injuring thousands." (ABC News)

August 11, 1998: "Hollywood producer and Clinton friend Harry Thomason testifies before the grand jury." (ABC News)

August 17, 1998: "President Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting president to testify before a grand jury investigating his conduct. After the questioning at the White House is finished, Clinton goes on national TV to admit he had an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky." (ABC News)
"Clinton testifies in the grand jury. He acknowledged 'inappropriate intimate contact' with Lewinsky, but insisted his January deposition in the Jones suit had been accurate. He refused to answer questions about the nature of his physical contact with Lewinsky." (washingtonpost.com)

August 18, 1998: "Former Clinton political advisor Dick Morris testifies before the grand jury." (ABC News)

August 19, 1998: "Word that Starr has requested and received a sample of Clinton's DNA becomes public." (ABC News)

August 20, 1998: "Monica Lewinsky testifies before the grand jury for a second time." (ABC News)
"[Clinton] Orders retaliatory missile attacks in response to the embassy bombings. The attacks in Afghanistan and Sudan are said to target Osama bin Laden's terror network, which is suspected of launching the embassy attacks." (ABC News)

September 9, 1998: "Independent Counsel Ken Starr submits his report and 18 boxes of supporting documents to the House of Representatives." (ABC News)
"Starr delivers report to Congress, citing 11 possible impeachable offenses." (washingtonpost.com)

Sept. 11, 1998: "Congress makes the report public." (washingtonpost.com)
"The House of Representative votes to receive the Starr report. The House Judiciary Committee takes possession of the 18 boxes of materials and promptly releases the first 445 pages to the public." (ABC News)

September 18, 1998: "Over Democrats' objections, the House Judiciary Committee agrees to release President Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony and more than 3,000 pages of supporting material from the Starr report, including sexually explicit testimony from Monica Lewinsky." (ABC News)

September 21, 1998: "The Judiciary Committee releases and many television networks immediately broadcast more than four hours of President Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony. Along with the videotape, the Judiciary Committee also releases the appendix to the Starr's report which includes 3,183 pages of testimony and other evidence, including a photograph of Lewinsky's semen-stained dress." (ABC News)

September 24, 1998: "The House Judiciary Committee announces the committee will consider a resolution to begin an impeachment inquiry against President Clinton in an open session on October 5 or October 6." (ABC News)

September 30, 1998: "Clinton announces that the 1998 fiscal year resulted in the first budget surplus in nearly 30 years." (presidentialtimeline.org)

October 2, 1998: "The House Judiciary Committee releases another 4,610 pages of supporting material from Ken Starr's investigation, including transcripts of grand jury testimony and transcripts of the Linda Tripp-Monica Lewinsky tapes." (ABC News)

October 5, 1998: "On a 21-16 vote, the House Judiciary Committee recommends a full impeachment inquiry." (ABC News)

October 8, 1998: "The House of Representatives authorizes a wide-ranging impeachment inquiry of President Clinton on a 258-176 vote. Thirty-one Democrats join Republicans in supporting the investigation." (ABC News)

Oct. 23, 1998: "President Clinton, Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sign the Wye River Memorandum authorizing withdrawal of Israeli forces from parts of the occupied West Bank." (presidentialtimeline.org)
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat reach agreement at Clinton-organized talks in Maryland that Israel will transfer more West Bank territory into Palestinian control in exchange for Palestinian efforts to curb terrorism. However, violence later increases and Israel refuses to transfer the territory." (ABC News)

October 28, 1998: "In the final week of the 1998 campaign, Republicans shift gears and begin pummeling the Democrats in TV ads about Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky." (ABC News)
"[The White House] Announces a $70 billion budget surplus -- the first federal surplus since 1969." (ABC News)

November 3, 1998: "Democrats pick up five seats in the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and held off a Republican super-majority in the Senate." (ABC News)

November 5, 1998: "Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde sends a list of questions to President Clinton, asking him to "admit or deny" the major facts outlined in Independent Counsel Ken Starr's report to Congress." (ABC News)

Nov. 6, 1998: "House Speaker Newt Gingrich resigns. [over a sex scandal: marital infidelity]" (CBS News)

November 9, 1998: "A House subcommittee hears from legal experts on whether President Clinton's behavior in the Lewinsky affair rises to the level of an impeachable offense." (ABC News)

November 13, 1998: "After fighting Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit for four years, Clinton agreed to pay Jones $850,000 to drop the case. But the deal included no apology from the president." (ABC News)

November 19, 1998: "In a marathon session, Independent Counsel Ken Starr outlines his case against President Clinton before the House Judiciary Committee, saying Clinton repeatedly 'chose deception.' Democrats grill Starr about his investigative methods." (ABC News)
"During the first day of impeachment hearings, Starr clears Clinton in relation to the firing of White House travel office workers in 1993 and the improper collection of FBI files revealed in 1996. He also says his office drafted an impeachment referral stemming from Whitewater in 1997, but decided not to send it because the evidence was insufficient." (washingtonpost.com)

November 28, 1998 "Republicans express disappointment and outrage at what some describe as President Clinton's evasive and legalistic answers to the Judiciary Committee's questions." (ABC News)

December 1, 1998: "On a party-line vote, the House Judiciary Committee expands its impeachment inquiry to include alleged campaign finance abuses, approving subpoenas for Attorney General Janet Reno, FBI Director Louis Freeh and federal prosecutor Charles LaBella." (ABC News)

December 3, 1998: "After two staffers look at internal Justice Department memos, Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde tells Republicans that campaign fund-raising will not be part of the impeachment debate." (ABC News)

December 4, 1998: "Lawyers for President Bill Clinton ask the House Judiciary Committee for three to four days to make their defense presentation." (ABC News)

December 6, 1998: "President Clinton's attorneys are granted 30 hours over two days to make his defense case before the Judiciary Committee." (ABC News)

December 8, 1998: "In a daylong session, President Clinton's lawyers and three panels of witnesses testify on the president's behalf, saying Clinton's behavior does not warrant impeachment." (ABC News)

December 11, 1998: "The House Judiciary Committee approves three articles of impeachment, alleging that President Clinton committed perjury and obstruction of justice. The action comes despite another apology from Clinton." (ABC News)

December 12, 1998: "The House Judiciary Committee approves a fourth and final article of impeachment against President Clinton, accusing him of making false statements in his answers to written questions from Congress. A Democratic proposal to censure Clinton instead goes down to defeat." (ABC News)
"While in Jerusalem on a Middle East peace mission, President Clinton says he will not resign from office and again denies lying under oath. The House Judiciary Committee approves the fourth and final article of impeachment and dismisses censure as an option for punishment." (CBS News)

December 15, 1998: "In a blow to White House hopes, 11 moderate House Republicans announce they will vote to impeach the president." (ABC News)

December 16, 1998: "In a coordinated strike, U.S. and British forces attack Iraq in retaliation for its failure to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors. Because of the military action, House Republican leaders delay a planned impeachment debate and vote set to begin Thursday, December 17." (ABC News)

December 17, 1998: "Republicans reschedule the impeachment debate for December 18 over Democratic objections. Republican Speaker-elect Bob Livingston is forced to admit his own marital indiscretions, but says unlike President Clinton, they were not with a staff member and he was never asked to testify under oath about them." (ABC News)

December 18, 1998: "The House of Representatives engages in a fierce, daylong debate whether to impeach President Clinton. A CNN survey suggests there are enough votes to approve one or more articles of impeachment." (ABC News)
"As U.S. warplanes drop bombs over Baghdad, the House begins debating articles of impeachment against President Clinton." (CBS News)

December 19, 1998: "After 13 1/2 hours of debate over two days, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton vows to fill out his term and appeals for a bipartisan compromise in the Senate." (ABC News)

Dec. 28, 1998: "House Speaker-elect Bob Livingston resigns from Congress amidst revelations of marital infidelity." (CBS News)
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Clinton White House victory visit by Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Bulls should be on, or around, January 1999, but is unreported in any press release or newspaper article.
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January 5, 1999: "Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott announces President Clinton's trial will begin January 7, but senators continue to wrangle over how long the trial should be and whether to call witnesses." (ABC News)

January 7, 1999: "With ceremonial flourishes, the perjury and obstruction of justice trial of President Bill Clinton begins in the Senate, with the swearing in of Chief Justice William Rehnquist to preside and the senators as jurors." (ABC News)

January 8, 1999: "The Senate unanimously agrees on a process for continuing the trial, but puts off a decision on a key sticking point -- whether to call witnesses." (ABC News)

January 11, 1999: "President Clinton's defense team denies the charges against the president in a 13-page answer to a Senate summons. House prosecutors submit a pre-trial memo outlining their case." (ABC News)

January 13, 1999: "President Clinton's lawyers file their pre-trial brief, outlining the case for the president's acquittal. Clinton tells reporters he wants to focus on the nation's business, not the trial. 'They have their job to do in the Senate, and I have mine,' Clinton says. 'And I intend to do it.'" (ABC News)

January 14, 1999: "Thirteen House prosecutors begin a three-day opening statement, laying out the case for the Senate to convict President Clinton and remove him from office." (ABC News)

January 19, 1999: "President Clinton's legal team begins a three-day defense of the president." (ABC News)
"State of the Union Address. No mention of the impeachment trial." (CBS News)

Jan. 20, 1999: "NATO bombing campaign against Serbia begin." (CBS News)

January 22, 1999: "Senators begin two days of questioning of the prosecution and defense teams, passing written queries through Chief Justice William Rehnquist." (ABC News)

January 23, 1999: "A judge orders Monica Lewinsky to cooperate with House prosecutors; Lewinsky returns to Washington, D.C., from California." (ABC News)

January 24, 1999: "Monica Lewinsky submits to a nearly two-hour interview with House prosecutors; they call the session "productive" but Lewinsky's lawyer says it added nothing new to the record." (ABC News)

January 25, 1999: "Senators hear arguments about dismissing the charges against President Clinton and then deliberate in secret." (ABC News)

January 26, 1999: "Senators hear arguments about seeking depositions from three witnesses -- Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan and Sidney Blumenthal -- and then deliberate in secret." (ABC News)

January 27, 1999: "In twin, 56-44 votes, the Senate refuses to dismiss the charges against President Clinton and agrees to seek depositions from Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan and Sidney Blumenthal." (ABC News)

January 28, 1999: "In a party-line vote, the Senate OKs a Republican plan for the impeachment trial's deposition phase, and sets February 12 as a target date for the trial's end." (ABC News)

February 1, 1999: "House prosecutors question Monica Lewinsky in a closed-door deposition; Clinton's lawyer reads a statement to her expressing the president's 'regret' over what Lewinsky has gone through, but asks no questions." (ABC News)

February 2, 1999: "House prosecutors question presidential friend Vernon Jordan for three hours in a closed-door deposition." (ABC News)

February 3, 1999: "House prosecutors question White House aide Sidney Blumenthal in a closed-door deposition." (ABC News)

February 4, 1999: "On a 70-30 vote, the Senate decides not to call Monica Lewinsky to testify in person at the trial, but clears the way for House prosecutors to present excerpts of videotaped depositions." (ABC News)

February 6, 1999: "Americans get a chance to see and hear Monica Lewinsky as House prosecutors and White House lawyers play video excerpts of her testimony in their final summations." (ABC News)

February 8, 1999: "House prosecutors and Clinton's lawyer offer closing arguments." (ABC News)

February 9, 1999: "Senate begins closed-door deliberations on President Clinton's fate, after rejecting a 'sunshine' proposal to open the proceedings to the public." (ABC News)

February 12, 1999: "President Clinton is acquitted of the two articles of impeachment. Rejecting the first charge of perjury, 10 Republicans and all 45 Democrats vote 'not guilty.' On the charge of obstruction of justice, the Senate is split 50-50. Afterward, Clinton says he is 'profoundly sorry' for the burden he imposed on the Congress and the American people." (ABC News)

March 18, 1999: "Deputy Independent Counsel Hickman Ewing testifies at the Susan McDougal trial that he had written a 'rough draft indictment' of first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton after he doubted her truthfulness in a deposition." (ABC News)

March 24, 1999: "The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launches an intense air campaign against Yugoslavia after the Serbs refuse to end their military operations against the ethnic Albanians in the province of Kosovo." (presidentialtimeline.org)
"NATO forces, including those from the United States, start bombing Serb military targets in Kosovo." (ABC News)

March 29, 1999: "The Dow closes above 10,000 for the first time." (CBS News)

April 12, 1999: "U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright finds President Bill Clinton in civil contempt of court for his 'willful failure' to obey her repeated orders to testify truthfully in the Paula Jones case. Wright also orders Clinton to pay Jones 'any reasonable expenses including attorneys' fees caused by his willful failure to obey this court's discovery orders,' directing Jones' lawyers to submit an accounting of their expenses and fees. She also rules Clinton must reimburse the court $1,202 for the judge's travel expenses. Wright traveled to Washington at Clinton's request to preside over what she now calls 'his tainted deposition.'" (ABC News)

April 20, 1999: "Columbine High School shootings in Colorado. Teen-agers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 12 students and one teacher. New campaign on gun control results." (CBS News)

June 10, 1999: "Negotiators reach international peace plan for Kosovo. NATO suspends bombing campaign." (ABC News)

June 30, 1999: "At the stroke of midnight, the Independent Counsel law expires. But Independent Counsel Ken Starr says there are still two ongoing aspects of his investigation." (ABC News)

July 29, 1999: "U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright orders President Bill Clinton to pay $90,686 for giving false testimony in the civil sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by Paula Jones." (ABC News)

August 18, 1999: "The federal court panel that appointed Independent Counsel Ken Starr splits over whether to end the five-year independent counsel investigation, voting 2-1 to keep it alive. Judge Richard D. Cudahy dissents from his fellow judges, saying that with President Bill Clinton already impeached and acquitted, and no prosecutions pending against others, 'this is a natural and logical point for termination.' CNN also learns that Starr has been involved in 'theoretical discussions' about stepping aside as independent counsel." (ABC News)

Oct. 13, 1999: "U.S. Senate refuses to ratify the Clinton-signed Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which would have forbid nuclear weapons testing." (ABC News)

October 18, 1999: "Robert Ray is sworn in as the successor to Independent Counsel Ken Starr, inheriting a highly controversial investigation and the duty to write the special prosecutor's final report." (ABC News)
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Tuesday, Nov 2nd, 1999: Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the L.A. Lakers kick off their 1999-2000 season, Phil's 7th Championship season against the Utah Jazz.
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Nov. 13, 1999: "The Senate deals President Clinton a defeat by narrowly rejecting a treaty banning underground nuclear testing." (CBS News)

Feb. 6, 2000: "Hillary Rodham Clinton announces her candidacy for senator." (CBS News)

March 13, 2000: "Whitewater Independent Counsel Robert Ray begins filing a series of final reports that detail the office's six-year investigation of President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton." (ABC News)

March 16, 2000: "Independent Counsel Robert Ray's office files a report stating there is 'no substantial and credible evidence' that President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton sought confidential FBI background checks of former GOP White House personnel." (ABC News)

April 2000: "The unemployment rate drops below 4 percent for the first time in more than 30 years." (CBS News)

April 24, 2000: "CNN learns that in the previous week Independent Counsel Robert Ray has subpoenaed records from the National Archives in an attempt to determine whether the White House deliberately withheld electronic mail messages in an attempt to stymie investigations pertaining to the Monica Lewinsky affair and other Clinton Administration controversies." (ABC News)

May 24, 2000: "The House passes legislation granting permanent normal trade relations with China." (CBS News)
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Victory call by Clinton to Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Lakers, June 19, 2000.
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June 30, 2000: "An Arkansas Supreme Court panel files suit to strip Bill Clinton of his license to practice law. The Arkansas State Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct recommended in May that Clinton's Arkansas law license be withdrawn, in the wake of accusations he gave misleading testimony under oath in the Paula Jones case. Clinton has 30 days to respond." (ABC News)

July 13, 2000: "Charles Bakaly, the former spokesman for then Independent Counsel Ken Starr, goes to trial on charges that he misled a judge about news leaks during the Monica Lewinsky investigation." (ABC News)

July 28, 2000: "The final report on the so-called 'filegate' scandal is unsealed by a federal appeals court, and Whitewater Independent Counsel Robert Ray said the report shows no evidence of misconduct by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton or former White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum." (ABC News)

August 17, 2000: "CNN learns that in July Independent Counsel Robert Ray impaneled a new grand jury as part of an investigation into the scandal involving President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky." (ABC News)

Aug. 14, 2000: "President Clinton speaks at the opening of the Democratic National Convention." (CBS News)

Aug. 17, 2000: "Vice President Gore accepts the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention." (CBS News)

Sept. 20, 2000: "Independent counsel announces that the Whitewater investigation is closed due to insufficient evidence against the president and first lady." (CBS News)

Oct. 12, 2000: "Navy destroyer, USS Cole, is bombed off the coast of Yemen. [by Al Qaeda]" (CBS News)
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Tuesday, Oct 31, 2000: Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the L.A. Lakers kick off their 2000-2001 season, Phil's 8th Championship season against the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Nov. 7, 2000: "Election Day. The presidential race is too close to call and will remain that way for several weeks due to contested voting in Florida. Hillary Rodham Clinton wins New York Senate seat." (CBS News)

Nov. 16, 2000: "Twenty-five years after the Vietnam War, President Clinton visits Vietnam." (CBS News)

Jan. 2, 2001: "President Clinton hosts Arafat in last-chance effort to broker Middle East peace." (CBS News)

Jan. 3, 2000: "Hillary Rodham Clinton sworn in as Senator." (CBS News)

Jan. 6, 2001: "With Vice President Gore presiding, George W. Bush "officially" named winner of the presidential election." (CBS News)

To summarize:

Bill Clinton's man-crush for the Zen Man Phil Jackson and his Zen men of the Chicago Bulls (and later of the L.A. Lakers) completely eviscerated his Presidency twice, with a nightcap:

1. Bill caught the last 2/3 of Zen Roshi Jackson's first three-peat with the Chicago Bulls (evisceration round one: Health Care Debacle, Ken Starr and the Republican Congressional Takeover of '94)

2. Bill caught all of the second three-peat with the Chicago Bulls (evisceration round two: more Ken Starr, Monica Lewinsky/Linda Tripp and the Frivolous Impeachment Brigade)

3. Finally, Bill caught the first 1/3 of Zen Roshi Jackson's three-peat with the L.A. Lakers (final curettage of the corpse of Bill's Presidency: his failure at Middle East peace and Gore's Heartbreak-2000).

How can Bill Clinton still be walking around alive after all those beatings? There is only one answer: Hillary Clinton and their daughter Chelsea stuck with him and sustained him through this devastation. That nobility demonstrates the power of the world of Humanity of the ten worlds or states of life in Buddhism: (1)Hell, (2)Hungry Spirits, (3)Animals, (4)Anger/Asuras, (5)Human Beings, (6)Heavenly Beings, (7)Voice-Hearers, (8)Cause-Awakened Ones, (9)Bodhisattvas, (10)Buddhas.

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Zen Roshi Phil Jackson announces his full support for Bill Bradley's candidacy (October 26, 1998 - Associated Press), stating that he would be happy to drive the campaign bus.
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October 27, 1998: "Bush, Gore early frontrunners - In a CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll released today, Al Gore and George W. Bush were the overwhelming choices for the Democratic and Republican nominations for the presidency. The poll also showed that if the election were held today, Bush would defeat Gore 57-39 among all voters. The results:
Democrats:
* Al Gore 41%
* Bill Bradley 15%
* Dick Gephardt 14%
* Jesse Jackson 11%
* Bob Kerrey 4%
* John Kerry 4%
* Paul Wellstone 1%
Republicans:
* George W. Bush 39%
* Elizabeth Dole 17%
* Dan Quayle 12%
* Steve Forbes 7%
* Lamar Alexander 4%
* John Ashcroft 4%
* Newt Gingrich 4%
* John Kasich 4%" (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)
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On June 24th, 1998, it is reported in the press that Zen Roshi Phil Jackson is being considered as a possible Vice President choice due to his "unique" leadership and management style.
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December 3, 1998: "Bradley forms exploratory committee - Former Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) announced that he was considering a run for the White House. In comments at a Newark community center he emphasized his plans to address poverty and health insurance. He dismissed the idea that winning was impossible because of Al Gore's frontrunner status." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

December 10, 1998: "Bradley announces that he is 'absolutely running' - Putting an end to widespread speculation, Sen. Bill Bradley announced that he would seek the office of the POTUS. The announcement came only one week after Bradley formed a presidential exploratory committee." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

January 11, 1999: "Bradley files statement of candidacy - Bill Bradley informed the FEC that he was officially a candidate for President and planned to launch an extensive travel and fundraising schedule." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

January 13, 1999: "Gore leads pack of Democrats in New Hampshire - According to a CNN/WMUR/RKM poll, if the primary election were held today, Al Gore would handily defeat all of his Democratic opponents. The poll also asked voters for their impressions of the candidates or potential candidates. Both polls have a margin of error of +/- 4%. The results:
Who would you vote for if the election were held today?
* Al Gore 34%
* Bill Bradley 14%
* Dick Gephardt 12%
* John Kerry 10%
* Jesse Jackson 6%
Favorable/Unfavorable/Not familiar with Candidate
* Al Gore 66/19/15
* Dick Gephardt 53/13/34
* Bill Bradley 43/6/51
* John Kerry 43/30/27
* Jesse Jackson 32/46/2" (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

February 2, 1999: "Presidential hopefuls appear in NH television special - Three hundred and sixty four days before the primary, the voters of New Hampshire were introduced to their possible choices for President during a CNN-WMUR special, 'First in the Nation: The New Hampshire Primary.' The candidates: Lamar Alexander, Bill Bradley, George W. Bush, Steve Forbes, Al Gore, John McCain, and Dan Quayle. Elizabeth Dole declined to participate. Notable comments included John McCain predicting that his 'independence and my conservatism will appeal to the people of New Hampshire' and Al Gore defending President Clinton as 'an outstanding president who's done an excellent job for the people of this country.'" (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

February 19, 1999: "Gore courts Labor - At the AFL-CIO executive council meeting in Miami, Gore asked for the support of the Labor movement for his campaign for President. Gore has had a tenuous relationship with Labor after they disagreed sharply on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). However, Bill Bradley also voted for NAFTA, so neither candidate is truly loved by the movement." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

March 22, 1999: "Daschle endorses Gore - Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) today announced that he would support Al Gore for President. The backing came as one in a series of endorsements from the Democratic establishment designed to stop Democrats from breaking rank and supporting former Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ)." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

March 24, 1999: "NATO, U.S. bomb Kosovo - NATO, led by the troops and resources of the United States, today launched air strikes against Yugoslavia in an attempt to stop the ethnic cleansing of Albanians in Kosovo. Clinton was criticized by Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential candidate John McCain on the floor of the Senate for neglecting to explain the strikes to the public. McCain, although supporting the action, said that Clinton's actions are a 'terrible derogation of his responsibilities as commander in chief.' Following McCain's remarks, President Clinton did speak to the nation in a primetime television address, saying that action was a 'moral imperative.' Other candidates were split in their opinion, with Alexander, Bauer, Kasich, Smith, and Buchanan opposing the action and Dole, Bush, Forbes, McCain, Bradley and Gore supporting it." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

April 15, 1999: "FEC reports show Bush, Gore leading money race - The Federal Election Commission today released the first quarter fundraising reports, showing that Al Gore and George W. Bush have dominated the dash for campaign cash. The reports:
Al Gore $6.9 million cash, no debts
George W. Bush $6.8 million cash, no debts
Bill Bradley $2.9 million cash, no debts
John McCain $2.8 million cash, $500,000 in debts
Elizabeth Dole $500,000 cash, $113,000 in debts
Gary Bauer $490,000 cash, $425,000 in debts
Dan Quayle $500,000 cash, $675,000 in debts
Lamar Alexander $90,000 cash, $200,000 in debts
Bob Smith $60,000 cash, no debt
Steve Forbes spent $694,000 of his own money" (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

April 20, 1999: "Bradley derides racism - Promising to make racial harmony a key focus of his campaign, Bill Bradley said today in a campaign speech, 'For me the quest for racial unity remains the defining moral issue of our time. It's the reason I first ran for public office.'" (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

May 3, 1999: "Poll: Gore gains, Bush loses; Dole on the rise - A CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll released today showed that Al Gore has solidified his support among Democrats, while George W. Bush has lost some ground to the recent insurgency of Elizabeth Dole. The results (asked to registered voters in the respective parties, margin of error +/- 5%):
Which candidate would you be most likely to support for the Democratic nomination for president in the year 2000?
Now April
Gore 66% 54%
Bradley 23 34
Which candidate would you be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for president in the year 2000?
Now April
Bush 42% 53%
Dole 24 16
Quayle 6 *
Forbes 6 *
Buchanan 5 *
McCain 4 *
Alexander 3 *
Bauer 3 *
Kasich 1 *" (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

June 23, 1999: "Bradley cites need for 'trust' - Saying that 'trust is frayed' in government, Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Bradley spoke to Iowa voters this week about the need for a 'fresh start,' tacitly associating Vice President Al Gore with the Clinton impeachment scandal, a problem that many predict will plague Gore." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

June 25, 1999: "Gore gets Iowa union's endorsement - Elbowing Bill Bradley out of the way, Vice President Al Gore today received the endorsement of the Iowa state chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the largest union representing Iowa state workers and a major political force in the state." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

July 5, 1999: "Kerrey endorses Bradley - Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey today endorsed former colleague Bill Bradley for the Democratic nomination for President. While the endorsement expected (Kerrey lost to Clinton for President in 1992 and has vocally criticized the Administration, and is a long time friend of Bradley), many still believe the endorsement will lend Bradley credibility and a give the former Senator a much needed boost in Iowa." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

July 22, 1999: "Bradley calls for soft money ban - In a speech at the National Press Club, Bill Bradley promised if he were selected as the Democratic nominee for President that he would not accept soft money contributions as long as his Republican counterpart made the same vow." (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)

July 26, 1999: "Gore, Bradley campaigns exchange harsh words - In a letter from campaign chairman Douglas Berman, the Bill Bradley campaign poked at the vice president's woes after his questionable 1996 fund-raising tactics -- soliciting campaign contributions on official White House phones and wooing donors inside a Buddhist temple. Gore campaign chairman Tony Coelho responded by saying the former New Jersey senator gave up the fight for campaign finance reform when he 'abandoned the Senate for private life and two million dollars in special interest speaking and consulting fees.'" (Timeline 2000, harvard.edu)
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Tuesday, Nov 2nd, 1999: Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the L.A. Lakers kick off their 1999-2000 season, Phil's 7th Championship season against the Utah Jazz.
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March 10, 2000, Bill Bradley concedes to Al Gore, who is not all that popular at this point. He goes on to become a far better candidate and beats George Bush handily in the popular vote, losing the Electoral College by a tiny margin.
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Victory call by Clinton to Zen Roshi Phil Jackson and the Lakers, June 19, 2000.
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Aug. 14-17, 2000: Al Gore is nominated as the Democratic Party Candidate at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, Calif.

To summarize:

Al Gore was a stiff shirt of a candidate (much as I love the guy). Al was hard to sympathize with, was not one of the guys, and his policy wonk rhetorical style just simply put most people off in those days. Also, his claim to fame was being part of an administration that was foremost in chaos, at the very leaat, or was a failed administration, at worst.

Bill Bradley had everything going for him, he was good looking and tall, had a great deep voice and was a pleasure to listen to when he talked. He should have been a dream candidate.

After he got his "boost" from his earliest supporter, Zen Roshi Phil Jackson, his campaign never ignited. People never stopped liking Bill Bradley, but it was clear that nobody wanted him to be President, for some reason that was not obvious ...

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End of part two of four ...

LS Chap. 16 .....

All harbor thoughts of yearning
and in their minds thirst to gaze at me.
When living beings have become truly faithful,
honest and upright, gentle in intent,
single-mindedly desiring to see the Buddha
not hesitating even if it costs them their lives,
then I and the assembly of monks
appear together on Holy Eagle Peak.
At that time I tell the living beings
that I am always here, never entering extinction,
but that because of the power of an expedient means
at times I appear to be extinct, at other times not,
and that if there are living beings in other lands
who are reverent and sincere in their wish to believe,
then among them too
I will preach the unsurpassed Law.