Here's the "Bride of Bizarre":
Fishing for the truth
By Suzanne Fields
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The liberal caller wanted to talk about Bill, Monica, Linda,
Ken and the bodyguards. She said she was a liberal, "and
glad to be one."
"It's disgusting," she said.
. . . . "What's disgusting?"
. . . . "Making the Secret Service testify to personal
observations of the president. That's not what they're paid to
do. Besides, it's bad for the country."
. . . . "If you're thinking about the country, why don't you blame
the person who got them in that predicament?"
. . . . "Look, we all knew what Bill Clinton was and what he
wasn't when we elected him, twice. We thought he had enough
going to compensate for the womanizing." She thought she
represented common sense.
. . . . "But we didn't think he'd carry the alley-catting into the
Oval Office," I retorted.
. . . . "A leopard doesn't change his spots." She said it with an
air of general tolerance for male animals and Bill Clinton as a
specific member of the species.
. . . . "A man isn't a leopard," I countered, no doubt with the air
of a female member of the same species. "Presumably a man
can mature, assume responsibility others have entrusted to him,
put away childish things, begin to think above the waist."
. . . . "He could have done his job as the New Democrat we
elected, given the party of FDR back its status. Then it would
have been easy to accept his personal flaws."
. . . . "But don't you see that personal flaws have a way of
corrupting public policy and keeping him from doing what he
was elected to do?"
. . . . Caller grew angry. "Only because the Independent
Counsel is so zealous, and the media can't turn away from a
sexy story."
. . . . "Neither can you," I said. I knew she would have trouble
wiggling out of that one.
. . . . "Fair enough, but I'm still saying let him do his job, and
don't turn the Secret Service into spies."
. . . . "Would you have said that if Monica Lewinsky was Judith
Exner, the mafia moll who put Jack Kennedy in jeopardy?
What if Monica Lewinsky had set Clinton up? Then would you
care if his bodyguards were called on to testify about what they
saw?"
. . . . "But that's not what happened here."
. . . . "That may be, but only the president made himself
vulnerable --and thus the Secret Service witnesses -- to what
went on in the Oval Office. Monica could have been a
blackmailer or even a spy or simply a bimbo who realized at
some point she could sell a damaging story that would hurt the
country as well as the man. Would you want the Secret Service
to testify about that?"
. . . . "Your hypotheticals are getting us nowhere," she said.
. . . . "Respect for the law isn't hypothetical. If the president
lied, he shows contempt for the law."
. . . . "Everybody lies about sex," she retorted.
. . . . "But everybody isn't the president. He can't afford to lie.
Nixon didn't resign because of a dumb burglary. He wasn't in
on the burglary, but he was a crook. He showed contempt for
the law in wanting to cover it up."
. . . . "Apples and oranges," she said.
. . . . "Democrats and Republicans? Can you imagine for one
minute that Ronald Reagan as president could have sustained a
scandal over an affair with an intern in the Oval Office? If he
did, can you imagine for a minute that Nancy Reagan would
have claimed 'a left-wing conspiracy'? She would have been so
angry if she thought it true, so jealous, so vengeful, she might
have Bobbited him herself."
. . . . "She's not as smart as Hillary," said the caller.
. . . . "I'm not so sure about that. The difference is that Nancy
cares about the man and Hillary cares about the power."
. . . . "That's what we're talking about," she said. "We ought to
think about power in the service of policy. The rest is irrelevant
to our lives."
. . . . "But when a powerful man is reckless and the country is
affected, that's not irrelevant. That's why we want the Secret
Service to testify. They're not about keeping secrets in a
criminal investigation. Protecting the president means protecting
us. If a crime was committed and they have inside information
then it's significant for them to tell what they know."
. . . . "Sex between consenting adults is not a crime," she said.
. . . . "Perjury and attempting to obstruct justice is."
. . . . She sighed. "This is a fishing expedition."
. . . . I sighed. "That depends on how the fish bite."
. . . . "And what fish get away."
. . . . "And what fish get caught."
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As I've said many times, the Dems care for nothing except power and will tell any lie and do anything to keep it. |
