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Thoughts About Kenneth Starr as He Leaves Office

Calvin Trillin

October 21, 1999

Kenneth Starr holds up his report testifying during Bill Clinton’s House of Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing on Nov. 19, 1998.(Doug Mills / AP)

Some ask, “Is there a more self-righteous man?” Or “Was he really out for Clinton’s blood?” Some citizens are left with only this: “Amazing how he looks like Elmer Fudd!”

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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