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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: pezz who wrote (738)8/7/1998 12:41:00 AM
From: Rick Slemmer  Read Replies (1) of 13994
 
From what I have heard these type of things are not that uncommon in Europe and the Europeans think that this investigation is silly.Mayb I am wrong here if so correct me.

It is true that British members of Parliament (and a few in the Lords) have sexual scandals on an embarrassingly regular basis. When discovered, however, they are immediately "asked" to resign by party leaders to maintain some sort of decorum and dignity in the House.

I lived in England for nine years and did some teaching and some postgraduate work at Oxford University. Among my British friends, most consider Mr Clinton selfish, corrupt, and a bungling fool. Both the tabloid newspapers and the more respected "broadsheets" have nothing but disdain for him as an international leader. Many Brits believe Tony Blair is only friendly toward Clinton because he copied Clinton's campaign techniques to defeat John Major.

A few years ago the more socialistically inclined thought Mrs Clinton's health care program was a wonderful idea until they learned of its inherent shortcomings, like NO alternative to the national system (the Brits can go to a private doctor if they wish). She is widely considered to have the tenacity and the political strength, if not the same ideology, as Margaret Thatcher, and they are convinced that she (Hillary) is the de facto President.

Check out:

The Economist magazine economist.com
The Telegraph paper: telegraph.co.uk
The BBC: news.bbc.co.uk
And other papers on the Web: worldwidenews.com

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