stockman: <Further people say perjury is the same thing as lying under oath. They are VERY VERY different.
Sheesh such idiots on this thread. Its embarrassing to even post here.>
i don't know if you're a lawyer, but your first sentence is absolutely true; perjury is affirming something you know as false, which is, to my simple mind, the same as "lying under oath." i have no idea how you can say they're different. note: i didn't say perjury couldn't consist of something else, but in all the applicable trials i'm aware of, they're arent' different.
second, if clinton admitted having an affair, the affair is not the big deal. it's when he wagged his finger in our collective face and said he didn't and you can trust me. that makes it lying - and it was under oath in his deposition and, i suspect altho i don't know b/c his testimony to the grand jury has not been released, that he lied there, i.e., he intended to deceive us when he claimed for instance not to remember being or ever being "alone" with ml. ruff, one of his white house lawyers, wrote in a letter on friday that "whether [wjc] was ever alone with her, depends on how you define 'alone'". pulleeezzee!!! b/c the secret service was outside, he wasn't alone? as far as i'm concerned, his statements have been made with the intent to deceive and that's a lie in my book. regards, |
