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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica?
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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (8624)2/27/1998 10:16:00 AM
From: Janice Shell  Read Replies (1) of 20981
 
Janice, didja ever wonder why Clinton didn't simply take the fifth amendment, when asked to file an affidavit? Surely his lawyers could have made an argument on the grounds that Clinton's sex life was NONE OF ANYONE'S BUSINESS!!!

Oh yes, I wonder about that daily. What I wonder specifically is why Clinton didn't agree to answer questions about Jones but not about any other woman/women. The worst that could have happened is that he could eventually have been held in contempt of court. While Wright was willing to allow Susan McDougal to go to jail for the same offense, the matter at hand was different. I doubt very much whether she'd have pursued it.

But my understanding is that the questions about Lewinsky came as a complete surprise to Clinton, and that the specificity of those questions surprised him even more. So he was rattled.

He couldn't have taken the fifth because he wasn't in danger of incriminating himself, as his relations--if any--with Lewinsky did not constitute a crime.

To return to an earlier point: I think this is an unfortunate political habit. They become accustomed early on to saying different things to different constituencies, to making promises they know perfectly well they'll never act on. What really counts is telling whomever your talking to what he wants to hear. Otherwise your chances of getting elected are not terrific. Somewhere along the way, not astonishingly, the difference between lies and truth becomes blurred.

I don't condone this, much less approve it, but taht's politics.
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