Growing up, I loved cartoons (I still like some, but I loved them then). One of my cartoon heroes was Bugs Bunny. He was always one step ahead of his adversary, whether it was Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, or Marvin the Martian.

No matter how hard they tried, no matter what they tried, Bugs would always come out on top. I even remember Elmer Fudd firing what seemed to be 20 shots into a barrel that Bugs was in, and he never even came close to hitting him.

His adversaries, as they were embarrassed, became angrier and angrier, and would make Bugs look like more and more of a genius.

It doesn't take the genius of Bugs Bunny to figure out where I'm going with this and the analogy I'm going to make. Bill Clinton makes many Republicans look like Elmer Fudd.

I am not the only one to make this connection; syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. in a February 8th column, wrote a letter from Mr. Fudd to Arlen Specter, Bob Barr and the rest of the GOP contingency trying to "get that wascawy Cwinton." Mr. Fudd (why am I calling him "Mr. Fudd"? I have no idea. Sometimes he just seems so real-I'm kidding) warned them that they should let it go because it is not going to go anywhere and they will just end up looking foolish.

Fortunately for the Republicans, the Bush Administration and the Congressional Leadership seemed to have put the kibosh on the hearings, and even Arlen Specter has quieted down.

Only "Watermelon" Dan Burton in the House seems to be keeping the faith, trying to get his committee to press on with hearings.

You know, sometimes I felt sorry for Elmer Fudd, he must have been so frustrated. And, I almost feel sorry sometimes for people like Dan Burton.

Then I realize that he and most of the people like him are doing all this just out of wish of vendetta against Clinton, and then I don't feel so sorry anymore.

There is no criminal intent, and no good, solid evidence of any agreement of quid pro quo. Let it go, guys.

Let me let you people in the Republican Party in on a little secret: the only way Bill Clinton can really hurt you now is if you let him. Through all his problems, the GOP has been a great of friend of Clinton as anybody, because they overplay their hand and give up the illusion that it is about anything other than a vendetta.

Attorney General Ashcroft is doing the right thing by letting a federal prosecutor investigate the charges quietly and trying to let the news focus on his boss's inane tax cut plan and the eternal campaign for it.

Even though there are no budget numbers to know if its affordable and with the recent economic downturn who knows what kind of surplus there will be in 10 years, Dubya is trying like heck to push it through.

Bush might not realize this, but his campaigning in different states for his tax cut might get him short-term results, going behind senators' backs to force them into things is not a good way to garner goodwill and make yourself an effective president.

It's so much fun talking about those tax cuts for the wealthy, why would anybody in the media still talk about Clinton?