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 ._. 

