Writing about Daschle v. Flush, celebrity impersonator and Clarence's stupider brother Cal Thomas writes:

Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr was a target of "shrill rhetoric " by much of the media and Democratic operatives during the Clinton years. Typical was that of Clinton advisor James Carville. In his book, "And the Horse He Rode in On: The People v. Kenneth Starr, " Carville wrote, "I don't like Ken Starr. I don't like one damn thing about him. I don't like his politics. I don't like his sanctimony. I don't like his self-piety. I don't like the people he runs with. I don't like his suck-up, spit-down view of the world, how he kisses up to the powerful and abuses the life out of regular people. "

Starr tells me he received a large number of death threats following such remarks. He refused to publicly whine about them, but neither the media nor Democratic politicians condemned them.

It's hard to tell from Cal's subliterate prose whether "them" refers to the death threats or the remarks.

If "them" refers to the death threats, it's hardly surprising that neither the media nor Dems condemned threats that weren't made public.

If "them" refers to criticism such as Carville's, then Cal's simply full of shit. Starr's co-conspirators, including Babbs Olson and Little Joe DiGenova, provided daily spin in efforts to justify Starr's power trip. Starr even had his own wife flacking for him. Not to mention his taxpayer- paid (Charles Bakaly and Jackie Bennett) and unpaid (Sue Schmidt and Spikey Isikoff) mouthpieces who were leaking and smearing Starr's critics non-stop.

As for Starr's allegations, I don't buy them for a second. Where's the proof -- such as convictions or even charges against the "many" people who allegedly threatened Starr?