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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: Bill who wrote (5832)9/15/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: Liatris Spicata  Read Replies (1) of 13994
 
Bill-

Starr has obtained 14 convictions during the course of his investigations (according to WSJ). You might cite that figure next time some nitwit goes nitpicking about the $$ spent by the OIC.

BTW, I have an acquaintance who knew Kenneth Starr reasonably well during his academic days. My acquaintance is pained by the derision heaped on this man who has done an effective job in ferreting out official corruption. By his estimation, Starr is a man of the highest honor and rectitude. It is amazing how people cast blame on him for reporting about Sleazebag Bill's antics and crookedness. I suspect most of these people have a vested interest- perhaps only an emotional one- in Sleazebag Bill's political survival (in some cases I think people don't want to recognize that they misplaced their trust).

Anybody on this thread familiar with how the European parliamentary democracies have responded when a PM was as scandal-ridden as the President of the United States? Or is Clinton sufficiently abject that there is no comparison? Would ministers have a sense of obligation to step down in such a government? At very least, I suspect coalition partners would desert such a sleazy crook as quick as fleas off a recently deceased rat. I wonder about this in the context of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of our respective systems.

Larry
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