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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: j g cordes who wrote (7840)10/6/1998 3:30:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen   of 13994
 
Suppose for a moment that we really felt that Bill Clinton may well have been sincere in his Paula Jones deposition, when he denied a "sexual" relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Suppose that we believe that Clinton really did sincerely believe that "sex" referred only to intercourse. How will anyone now wanting to divine the truth know what to think? I think many times a method used by courts in trying to divine the truth is they look at *intent*. For example, did someone "intend" to commit harm; did they "knowingly" commit the act? In the case of Bill Clinton's deposition, we need to look no further than Bill's televised denial to the American people, when he said: "I want to be firm about this: I did *not* *have* a sexual relationship, or any improper relationship with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky."

The point the President was trying to drive home to the American people seemed very clear: He had *nothing* improper to do with "that woman"! In other words, since he now admits he had oral sex with her on several occassions, and actually had some kind of illicit affair with her, then that means that he clearly was *intending to deceive the American people*, in order to back up his lies in the Jones deposition.

This naked (no pun intended) manipulation of the American people constitutes an "abuse of the public trust", which is an impeachable offense*.

*Madison records that when the convention was debating the subject of impeachment: "The third position, which ultimately carried the day, was that the president should be impeachable, but only for a narrow category of abuses of the public trust."
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