Interesting post. You make some telling points about some of the more legitimate reasons for hatred for or disgust with Clinton inside the beltway.
I'm not happy with his behavior either, and don't secretly condone it or anything.
On the other hand, the circumstances of the Jones suit, all of them, as I've outlined, seriously mitigate the severity of the perjury to my mind. And magnify the severity of the illegal leeks. Though unlike perjury in high places, it is absolute anathema for the media to do anything but go through empty and fleeting discussion of illegal leaks. It is their bread and butter, and they are all for it regardless of the circumstances and other issues involved.
Today for example the NY Times reserved its harshest words for Delay's call that the FBI investigate THE PRESS to determine the true sources behind the Henry Hyde leaks. NOT THAT. And you may have noticed the press has absolutely let drop any investigation into the apparently voluminous illegal leaking of the Independent Counsel's office, and Paula Jones attorneys. In fact, when perfectly obvious sources of leaks are mentioned by one of their members during roundtables, others invariably quickly say, no, they don't know there could be a host of sources. Yeah, right.
Doug |
