We faxed off our missive early yesterday morning, after our exhaustive research procedures were done. With Bill Clinton, it is often tempting, but usually misleading, to try to separate the good from the bad, to say that the part of him that is indecisive, too eager to please and prone to deception, is more revealing of the inner man than the part of him that is indefatigable, intelligent, empathetic, and self- deprecating. He also misrepresents what Maraniss said. Maybe the same could be said of some journalists. We always jazz up our letters with innuendo about motive.
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