<You'd have to be blind to see that an investigation that started out with Whitwater and ends with only Monica Lewinsky really had as its aim to embarrass the President, hang on to the house, and win the presidency in 2000...> Jim,I agree,I am on your side---the fact is the sex lives of many of Presidents have been wild---Jefferson with a boat load of illegimate children---Harding had sex with ladies in the a whitehouse closet,Eisenhower had a mistress,Kay Sommersby,and Kennedy,well we know that he had much out of bounds sex in the whitehouse---the difference now to then--it was simply not a matter for public discussion---that is until Starr came along--this is NOT a morality issue(on which count Clinton has flunked) but a case of Starr starting with Whitewater,the whole purpose of his investigation,and coming up empty--but driven by a total fanaticism to destroy Clinton just kept digging and digging and voila! he found Clinton's achilles heel and is going to use this in an attempt to bring down the whole ruling party of the moment,this is a totally politically motivated passion now that the religious right will use to the extreme--but the hard cold fact is Starr and company already have their victory--they have successfully humiliated Clinton,made him a laughing stock---in a better time we all would not have known of any of this just like with all the others past presidents--AND THE GOVERNMENT would have just kept on ticking and regards sex,everybody would just mind there own damned business.Countries that bring down government based on sexual piccadiloes are heading into deep trouble and this is just one more reason I am going to base my investing on volatility leading into prolonged bear market at some point.Since everybody on SI is having their say today on their feelings on this--I have expressed mine-- so be it--my next post will be on STOCKS,as I think we should get this out of our system and get back to investing--except this issue shall have a profound effect on the market place---especially the foreign market place,and currency and all that JAZZ. Max |