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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective

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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1891)	10/10/2000 1:32:05 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) of 10042

I'm not sure I follow any reasoning concluding that lying about a blow job is worse than lying about sending arms to one of our worst enemies (in direct contravention of the long-standing policy against ransom payments) and using the proceeds to support the dope-peddling troglodyte remnants of one of the most repressive regimes in Latin American history, simply because the latter case involves matters of national security. To me the latter case is worse precisely because it involved matters of national security, and a deliberate attempt to evade law and established policy. But the point was that Ronald Reagan was never caught "red-handed" with irrefutable evidence that he lied under oath. Was that because he didn't lie, or because nobody pressed the questioning to that point? I personally feel that complaining about a politician lying is a bit like complaining about rain during a Seattle November, and I have a hard time getting very upset about political lies. I agree that Clinton should have told the truth, but only because lying under those circumstances was dumb, not because it was wrong. He should have just said something on the order of "I did it. So what. Let that one of you who is without sin cast the first stone". I also don't think anybody should have asked about it, especially not under oath. Happenings between consenting adults are not normally matters for Congressional investigation (if they were, our history and the Congressional Record would be very interesting); they were elevated to that state only because the opposition was feeling the pinch of an economic boom and having a hard time finding issues. It all seems very superfluous to me, though I'm not very fond of Mr. Clinton.

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