President Clinton’s 2 1/2 hour deposition in the trial of his Whitewater partners is red meat to his opponents. Imagine what the fertile minds behind the Willie Horton ad could do with it . . .
Barbra Streisand sings “Memories”; we see scenes from the president’s testimony during which he comes up with a dozen ways to say DUNNO.
President: I don’t remember the documents.
President: I have no recollections about it.
President: I just don’t remember.
President: I don’t remember having such a discussion.
President: I don’t remember any specific discussion of that.
President: I don’t remember specifically.
President: I honestly don’t remember.
President: I don’t recall.
President: I don’t remember it, no.
President: I don’t know. I don’t remember.
President: I do not remember signing any papers like that.
President: That’s all I remember.
Voice-over: Remember how the Democrats ridiculed Ronald Reagan because he couldn’t remember? He was almost 80 years old. Mr. President, what’s your excuse?