Sensitive to the needs of readers without access to the Internet, where this image has been widely disseminated of late, THE SCRAPBOOK here reproduces a frame of video shot by ABC News in November 1992. It doesn't mean anything -- truly it doesn't. It's just a nice, touching picture. It shows then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton side by side on the jump seats with then-flight attendant Debra Schiff, aboard "Longhorn One," the official charter of the Clinton campaign.
What is the candidate doing exactly? Schiff has the microphone in one hand and in the next frame can be seen using her free hand to move the soon-to-be- presidential paw from her thigh.
The story has a happy ending. After Clinton's inauguration, Schiff moved on to become a well-liked receptionist in the West Wing of the White House, where she served the First Passenger for the next five years. Last week, she began a new job as assistant to the State Department protocol chief.
THE SCRAPBOOK apologizes for reproducing this embarrassing footage, but we wanted to assist the president's lawyer, Bob Bennett, in dispelling the "web of deceit and distortions" that has been unjustly spun regarding the president's behavior.