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Article: Counterculture president: Why upstate New York sniffs at Bill Clinton.(Commentary)(Op-Ed)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 24, 1999
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They were not page one stories, but two incidents that took place during the presidential vacation jaunt are items students of the age of Clinton should not let pass. Only tabloid gossips featured them, but these two particular snippets are the stuff of cultural artifacts, shedding light on those defining lines the Clintons have both broken and etched across American culture at century's end.
The incidents took place on a sunny August weekend that the first couple spent at chez Steven Spielberg in East Hampton, NY. The schedule was fairly loose, except for all the fund-raisers, with maybe a little golf on Sunday for the president.
The first vignette ...