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Sorry, It Was Never in My Mouth: "The Monica Lewinsky case, per se, has left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths," says pundit-in-training Ruth Conniff of the Progressive ( Fox News Sunday ).
"The Monica Lewinsky case, per se, has left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths," says Ruth Conniff of the Progressive.