U.S Papers Publish Starr Report, Blast Clinton
By Anna Driver
CHICAGO (Reuters)
......The Starr report invoked the wrath of many editorial writers, some of whom called for the president's resignation.
The Cincinnati Post said ''Clinton should spare the nation the agony of a protracted, ugly (impeachment) process -- and which, even if he succeeded, would leave him a political cripple. He should resign.''
The Washington Times wrote bluntly, ''Go, you despicable man, go and be gone.''
An editorial in the New York Time raged ominously: ''A president without public respect or Congressional support cannot last.'' The paper is often supportive of Clinton's policies but took him to task for using the White House for ''sad little trysts with a desperately star-struck employee.''
The Los Angeles Times also wrote of a crippled presidency, and said, ''Meanwhile, the nation will have at its head a severely wounded president, his credibility shattered, a laughingstock to some, a reprobate to others.''
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