LOTS of folks are upset with the president. Some think he should resign or be impeached in the wake of the Monicagate accusations. Some aren't even Republicans. One, in fact, is my mom. Heard any good
Clinton jokes?Few stories have flashed across America with as much speed and heat. Newsmen converged on the story. CNN schmooze-meister, Larry King, dumped an interview with the Spice Girls to ''cover'' the story while Ted Koppell ditched plans to cover the pope's visit to Cuba and hopped a plane from Havana back to Washington. Imagine!
We even got indignant e-mail from people accusing starbulletin.com, our online edition, of suppressing the story -- never mind that our online newspaper has focused exclusively on Hawaii news since its 1996 launch.
As the story unravels, the latest presidential job-performance polls give Bill Clinton his highest scores ever, with close to three-quarters of Americans saying he's doing a good job, which must bewilder the bluestockings.
Meanwhile, the political storm stirred up by Ms. Lewinsky has diplomats in a quandary: Is American foreign policy being orchestrated to distract the electorate from what one diplomat characterized as a ''uniquely American phenomenon?''
We have a stake in Clinton's ability to manage an Asian currency crisis that threatens Hawaii tourism. We need to close the curtains on this morality play and get back to work.