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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Johnathan C. Doe who wrote (4961)9/23/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: dougjn  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
A valuable perspective. What you say doesn't surprise me at all. But you have the background to speak with some authority on the subject.

Short of that level of zealotry there is a large contingent of adherants to the Religious Right philosophy, and "fellow travelers" who really would sign on to many of the roll backs of liberty that Frank Rich describes.

I think that column is dead, spot on to the public mood re: Clinton.

I also think the media/Washington insider fear of collapse of the rule of law is absurdly overblown. Nothing of the kind is at stake here. It was in Watergate. There's a big difference.

If Clinton had refused to reveal his adultery and as a result of that perjury some ordinary American was wrongly sent to jail, or even risked that result, the public would be outraged, and demand Clinton's head. AS would I.

The public can very well see this is a case of Clinton's being cornered by his right wing zealous enemies, and maneuvered into some technical legal violations. Which they don't think are very important, despite all the high theory coming out of Washington and most of the media. THEY ARE RIGHT. The uproar and crisis is out of all proportion with the lying when cornered, about his own adultery. Where he should never have been demanded to answer under oath.

The public has a much better sense of proportion here than many of the elites. And the public agrees with the view from outside the storm, held by the rest of the world, with few exceptions. Including in other most law abiding lands. (Yes they do exist.) Such as Scandanavia, for example.

Doug
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