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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: Doughboy who wrote (2851)8/24/1998 10:31:00 AM
From: Rick Slemmer  Read Replies (2) of 13994
 
For once in our lives, Newt and I were reading from the same page.

Could be for different reasons, though. Perhaps Newt is not calling for impeachment proceedings because:

1. There are plenty of other prominent politicians already doing that;

2. He himself is a high-profile target and is likely to attract more criticism if he does call for impeachment;

3. He'd rather deal with a weakened Clinton than with Gore for the next 18 months (the devil you know, etc.);

4. He knows that Starr's report will be the lever needed to remove Clinton from office, and to start the process prematurely would be counterproductive;

5. It makes him seem like a nicer and fairer guy;

6. He just wants to savor the moment.

Seems to me that if your political enemy is in a world of hurt, you can do two things: you can kick him while he's down (runs the risk of making you look like a bad guy) or you can stand aside and watch him struggle (saves energy and deflects attention away from you).

RS
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