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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: Grainne who wrote (9875)1/5/1999 1:08:00 AM
From: Borzou Daragahi   of 13994
 
Hi Christine

I don't disagree with you on mostof your points, except I would like to see the evidence that Clinton's operatives have expended a great deal of energy making sure that Clinton's past doesn't appear in reputable publications. Flynt and Vanity Fair targetted Republicans and Burton not out of a partisan vendetta, IMO, both because right's sanctimonious assaults on Clinton as an adulterer and pervert made them fair game. Remember, though it was technically only about Clinton's alleged lying and obstruction, there's been a lot of rhetoric from the right about Clinton's morals and the moral decline of America. They have made getting Clinton not just a legalistic maneuver to correct a constitutional dysfunction, but an out-and-out moral crusade to salvage the soul of the nation. They turned this into Chicago 1968.

Is Clinton too unethical to lead? Perhaps. His slickness was exactly why I could not bring myself to vote for him in 1992 and 1996. Maybe he doesn't have the moral values we should aspire to. But is lack of ethics, sleaziness, an impeachable offense? Is it legitimate to use a lack of ethics as an excuse to invoke the gravest and most extreme constitutional mechanism--the overturning of an election--envisioned by the framers? I think not.

Kindest regards
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