Stephanopoulos|NNP Analyzes|NNP His|PRP$ Own|JJ Crime|NN 
There|EX was|VBD former|JJ Clinton|NNP aide|NN George|NNP Stephanopoulos|NNP on|IN ABC|NNP 's|VBZ This|DT Week|NNP this|DT morning|NN ,|, furrow-browed|JJ and|CC "|'' heartbroken|NN with|IN all|PDT the|DT evidence|NN coming|VBG out|IN "|'' against|IN the|DT president|NN .|. 
Last|JJ week|NN ,|, when|WRB the|DT Lewinsky|NNP story|NN was|VBD only|RB a|DT few|JJ hours|NNS old|JJ ,|, Stephanopoulos|NNP popped|JJ up|RB on|IN Good|NNP Morning|NNP America|NNP to|TO demonstrate|VB his|PRP$ concern|NN .|. 
"|'' These|DT are|VBP probably|RB the|DT most|RBS serious|JJ allegations|NNS yet|RB leveled|VBN against|IN the|DT president|NN .|. 
There|EX 's|VBZ no|DT question|NN that|IN ,|, if|IN they|PRP 're|VBP true|JJ ,|, they|PRP .|. .|. .|. could|MD lead|VB to|TO impeachment|NN proceedings|NNS .|. "|'' 

Is|VBZ Chatterbox|NNP alone|RB in|IN thinking|VBG there|EX is|VBZ something|NN strange|JJ and|CC even|RB disgusting|JJ about|IN Stephanopoulos|NNP '|POS eager|JJ show|NN of|IN independence|NN from|IN the|DT president|NN ?|. 
The|DT problem|NN is|VBZ n't|RB so|RB much|JJ his|PRP$ disloyalty|NN .|. 
Political|JJ figures|NNS turn|VBP on|RP each|DT other|JJ from|IN time|NN to|TO time|NN ,|, for|IN good|JJ and|CC bad|JJ reasons|NNS ;|: we|PRP 're|VBP used|VBN to|TO it|PRP .|. 
Stephanopoulos|NNP wants|VBZ to|TO run|VB for|IN the|DT Senate|NNP and|CC does|VBZ n't|RB want|VB to|TO seem|VB a|DT Clinton|NNP stooge|NN .|. 
By|IN lending|NN credence|NN to|TO the|DT Lewinsky|NNP charges|NNS ,|, and|CC treating|VBG Clinton|NNP 's|POS familiar|JJ defenses|NNS as|IN the|DT lies|NNS and|CC half-lies|JJ they|PRP seem|VBP to|TO be|VB ,|, Stephanopoulos|NNP shows|VBZ he|PRP 's|VBZ not|RB a|DT fool|NN .|. 

The|DT trouble|NN is|VBZ that|IN Stephanopoulos|NNP himself|PRP helped|VBD propagate|NN those|DT lies|VBZ in|IN the|DT first|JJ place|NN .|. 
During|IN the|DT 1992|CD campaign|NN ,|, when|WRB Gennifer|NNP Flowers|NNPS first|RB brought|VBN Clinton|NNP 's|POS philandering|VBG to|TO public|JJ attention|NN ,|, Stephanopoulos--as|NNP Clinton|NNP 's|POS chief|JJ spinner|NN ,|, distracter|NN ,|, and|CC all-around|JJ bullshit|NN artist--played|JJ a|DT crucial|JJ role|NN in|IN discrediting|NN Flowers|NNPS and|CC anyone|NN else|RB who|WP tried|VBD to|TO point|VB out|RP the|DT truth|NN ,|, namely|RB that|IN Clinton|NNP had|VBD a|DT disturbing|JJ zipper|NN problem|NN .|. 
(|( Do|VBP n't|RB say|VB Stephanopoulos|NNP did|VBD n't|RB know|VB .|. 
Again|RB ,|, he|PRP 's|VBZ not|RB a|DT fool|NN .|. )|) 
Simply|RB put|VB ,|, Stephanopoulos|NNP did|VBD as|RB much|RB as|IN any|DT man|NN to|TO get|VB the|DT country|NN into|IN the|DT mess|NN he|PRP now|RB so|RB telegenically|RB laments|VBZ .|. 

The|DT 1993|CD documentary|NN The|DT War|NNP Room|NNP captures|NNS some|DT of|IN his|PRP$ efforts|NNS on|IN tape|NN .|. 
Early|RB in|IN the|DT film|NN ,|, with|IN the|DT Flowers|NNPS crisis|NN in|IN full|JJ bloom|NN ,|, Sam|NNP Donaldson|NNP interviews|NNS Stephanopoulos|NNP ,|, who|WP blames|VBZ it|PRP all|DT on|IN the|DT "|'' Republican|JJ attack|NN machine|NN .|. "|'' 
"|'' Gov.|NN Clinton|NNP has|VBZ no|DT character|NN problem|NN ,|, "|'' Stephanopoulos|NNP declares|VBZ .|. 
Donaldson|NNP suggests|VBZ that|IN on|IN 60|CD Minutes|NNPS Clinton|NNP had|VBD admitted|VBN to|TO infidelity|NN .|. 
"|'' He|PRP said|VBD he|PRP had|VBD problems|NNS in|IN his|PRP$ marriage|NN ,|, "|'' says|VBZ Stephanopoulos|NNP ,|, correcting|VBG Donaldson|NNP 's|POS deviation|NN from|IN the|DT pre-scripted|JJ fudge-phrase|JJ of|IN the|DT day|NN .|. 
(|( Today|NN ,|, of|IN course|NN ,|, the|DT president|NN 's|POS defenders|NNS claim|VBP that|IN Clinton|NNP admitted|VBD infidelity|NN on|IN 60|CD Minutes|NNPS and|CC that|IN the|DT fully|RB informed|VBN voters|NNS simply|RB did|VBD n't|RB care|VB .|. )|) 

Near|IN the|DT end|NN of|IN The|DT War|NNP Room|NNP ,|, Stephanopoulos|NNP gets|VBZ a|DT call|NN from|IN someone|NN who|WP apparently|RB claims|VBZ to|TO have|VB a|DT list|NN of|IN Clinton|NNP paramours|NNS ,|, which|WDT he|PRP is|VBZ about|IN to|TO publicize|VB .|. 
Stephanopoulos|NNP skillfully|RB bullies|VBZ and|CC cajoles|NNS him|PRP into|IN keeping|VBG quiet|JJ .|. 
"|'' You|PRP would|MD be|VB laughed|VBN at|IN .|. .|. .|. "|'' he|PRP tells|VBZ the|DT caller|NN .|. 
"|'' I|PRP guarantee|VBP you|PRP that|IN if|IN you|PRP do|VBP this|DT you|PRP 'll|MD never|RB work|VB in|IN Democratic|JJ politics|NNS again|RB .|. .|. .|. .|. Nobody|NN will|MD believe|VB you|PRP and|CC people|NNS will|MD think|VB you|PRP 're|VBP scum|NN .|. "|'' 

You|PRP might|MD say|VB that|IN Stephanopoulos|NNP helped|VBD invent|VB the|DT philander-protection|JJ techniques|NNS that|WDT seem|VBP to|TO have|VB made|VBN Clinton|NNP so|RB overconfident|NN of|IN his|PRP$ ability|NN to|TO not|RB get|VB caught|VBN .|. 
He|PRP was|VBD one|CD of|IN Clinton|NNP 's|POS principal|JJ enablers|NNS ,|, to|TO use|VB a|DT word|NN employed|VBN by|IN Maureen|NNP Dowd|NNP in|IN today|NN 's|POS New|NNP York|NNP Times|NNP .|. 
When|WRB Democrats|NNPS wonder|VBP why|WRB there|EX is|VBZ so|RB much|JJ resentment|NN of|IN Clinton|NNP ,|, they|PRP do|VBP n't|RB need|VB to|TO look|VB much|JJ further|RB than|IN the|DT Big|NNP Lie|NN about|IN philandering|VBG that|IN Stephanopoulos|NNP ,|, Carville|NNP (|( and|CC a|DT cooperative|JJ campaign|NN press|NN corps|NN )|) helped|VBD to|TO put|VB over|IN in|IN 1992|CD .|. 

Now|RB the|DT dissembler|NN and|CC enabler|NN has|VBZ become|VBN the|DT scholar|NN and|CC ABC|NNP News|NNP analyst|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ as|IN if|IN Roy|NNP Cohn|NNP went|VBD on|IN television|NN in|IN the|DT mid-|NN '|'' 50|CD s|VBZ to|TO soberly|RB rue|NN the|DT damage|NN wreaked|VBD by|IN Sen.|NN Joe|NNP McCarthy|NNP ,|, without|IN any|DT apology|NN for|IN his|PRP$ own|JJ role|NN .|. 
Much|JJ has|VBZ been|VBN made|VBN of|IN the|DT way|NN famous|JJ wrongdoers|NNS (|( e.g.|NN :|: Dick|NNP Morris|NNP ,|, Marv|NNP Albert|NNP )|) rebound|NN too|RB quickly|RB in|IN our|PRP$ celebrity|NN culture|NN .|. 
But|CC usually|RB at|IN least|JJS a|DT nanosecond|NN of|IN contrition|NN is|VBZ required|VBN .|. 
Stephanopoulos|NNP is|VBZ cashing|VBG in|IN without|IN even|RB going|VBG through|IN the|DT minimal|JJ motions|NNS of|IN holding|VBG himself|PRP accountable|JJ for|IN misleading|VBG the|DT country|NN .|. 
If|IN Clinton|NNP ,|, as|IN is|VBZ now|RB increasingly|RB clear|JJ ,|, was|VBD a|DT time|NN bomb|NN waiting|VBG to|TO explode|VB ,|, then|RB Stephanopoulos|NNP helped|VBD smuggle|VB him|PRP into|IN the|DT White|NNP House|NNP and|CC muffled|VBN the|DT ticking|VBG .|. 

