The Flash tore up this week's column after hearing that the bank-fraud conviction of former governor J. Fife Symington III had been overturned by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The 2-1 court ruling, announced Tuesday, states that the judge in Symington's federal fraud trial improperly dismissed juror Mary Jane Cotey after other jurors had complained that she was incapable of contributing or participating in deliberations. Yet he claimed to harbor no bitterness. It would be easy to be consumed by anger, if not hate . . .
Forgiveness is a large part of that. . . .
I won't let this consume me, and I'm determined to keep it that way. I want to enjoy the day. Symington, who is enrolled in culinary school, seemed to relish his exchange with reporters. Ah, but then he joined the Clinton team. Since then, he's been probed by an independent counsel, held in contempt by a federal judge and watched as his image has been stained like Monica's dress.