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FEATURE

Brockoli

David Brock

Don't ever be afraid to admit you were wrong. It's like saying you are wiser today than you were yesterday.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

Show me a man who doesn't make mistakes and I'll show you a man who doesn't do anything.

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.

It must have taken a lot of spunk for David Brock to up and admit he'd got it wrong. Okay, so he touched off a scandal of monumental proportions, one has to credit the guy with attempting to put the record straight.

A bit late, but late is better than never. Yeah, right. Maybe.

I half remember another quotation from somewhere that says: It isn't the accusation, however ridiculous, that is damaging - it is the way the denial is handled. The POTUS, unfortunately, compounded Brock's 'mistake' by making a royal mess of his defense. Because of they way Clinton and his legal team made a total bollocks of the affair, Brock's admission is virtually worthless.

Despite Clinton's approval ratings for his performance as POTUS, his reputation will remain tarnished. Okay, as we are beginning to learn, unjustifiably tarnished.

Too bad. The damage is done.

Let's face it, if Brock was wrong once, maybe he is wrong again? In other words, perhaps he was right the first time? Doubts and suspicion will remain.

Oh yes, wear sack-cloth and ashes all you like Mr Brock, the damage has been done.

So what happens now? Brock says the whole deal was put together by some wacko-right-wing anti-presidential action group. Is he going to point fingers? Are we going to see some mega-lawsuits? And of course, there is still Paula Jones. If Brock has completely discredited his own article, where does that leave her?

If there was no 'Paula' as described in Brock's story, then the Jones lawsuit against POTUS must be a greater work of fiction than Gone With The Wind. You guys don't execute people for treason, do you?

Bottom line.

A question I'd like to ask Brock, however, is did he know the story was BS or have a nagging suspicion his sources were a little less than kosher when he first wrote his copy? His answer would mean clarifying the difference between making a mistake and being party to a conspiracy.

Or to look at it another way, a guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

Think about it.

- Chris Gelken

Hong Kong

March 10, 1998

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