Hillary Rodham Clinton's invitation to journalists to investigate the vast right-wing conspiracy was taken to heart by CNN, which aired a one-hour prime- time documentary on independent counsel Kenneth Starr's "strong political background." The portentously titled show, "Investigating the Investigator," was actually very confusing. The creepy music suggested a hit job, but the CNN "investigators" didn't really dig up anything damaging to Starr. After all, everyone knows by now that Starr is a Republican and, like many longtime Washington lawyers, knows lots of interesting people (some right-wing) and has had lots of interesting clients (including tobacco companies).
Oh, but they did dig one thing up. Anchor and legal analyst Greta Van Susteren noted that Starr "does not shy away from his conservative past." Hmmm. What might that be? "The father of three and son of a minister, he regularly teaches Sunday school and he sold Bibles to help put himself through college." Yikes!