Ignacio, Fuhrman did lie on the stand. I don't have a very good recollection of what happened then, however. I know he left California disgraced. Perhaps someone can refresh my memory on whether he lost his detective job as the result of lying. HOWEVER, Fuhrman was a witness, not the target of an investigation. Perjury is not usually prosecuted in civil cases, but President Clinton is the defendant in the suit, so if he commits perjury it is more significant.
As far as the rest of your post, I do not quite understand what you are trying to say, Ignacio. Perhaps you could reiterate. Kathleen Willey and Paula Jones have testified to being sexually harassed by the president. It does matter how many women he had sex with, IF it can be established that they fit into the same pattern, in the sense of it being admissible in the Paula Jones depositions. The law allowed questioning on Lewinsky because she was also his employee, although I certainly would not argue that she is claiming to be a victim of harassment.
Again, the central issues for me are about the character and integrity of the president, and not very much to do with his sexual behavior. But when he told the American people directly after that education speech that he wanted us to listen to him, and firmly denied having sex with Lewinsky, or ever asking anyone to lie, I think he made sex and his credibility the issues, and if he lied then, we cannot believe him at all. It was certainly a lie he did not have to make, one of his own choosing, and he made it personal, between him and every American individually, and asked us to take him on his word. |
