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Politics : Clinton -- doomed & wagging, Japan collapses, Y2K bug, etc

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To: Tumbleweed who wrote (451)	9/24/1998 1:11:00 PM
From: SOROS	of 1151

IN a sign of deepening political crisis for Bill Clinton, Vice-President Al Gore at the weekend made his first criticism of the President as a new poll suggested Americans were growing disenchanted with their leader. As Congress prepared to release tonight a videotape and a mountain of sexually graphic material resulting from the White House sex-and-lies probe, Mr Gore described his boss's behaviour as "indefensible". His swipe at Mr Clinton on Saturday was the most significant reflection of growing disillusion among Democrats. In an interview published in New Hampshire newspaper The Concord Monitor, the Democratic frontrunner for the presidential race in 2000 criticised Mr Clinton's affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. He went on to say he felt sympathy for a "suffering friend" and did not want him to resign. Mr Gore needed to distance himself from the scandal in Washington to maintain his chances of succeeding Mr Clinton. It was no coincidence that he did so in New Hampshire, site of crucial primaries in the US's presidential elections. He also criticised Republicans in Congress for deciding to release Mr Clinton's testimony on the Lewinsky affair just as the President is due to put on a show of statesmanship overnight as he addresses world leaders at the UN and meets British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a policy seminar. Equally damaging was the latest Newsweek survey of 750 adults that said a growing number of Americans think Mr Clinton should consider resigning and that Congress should start impeachment proceedings. Forty-six per cent say Mr Clinton should consider resigning, up from 39 per cent one week ago. About 41 per cent said Congress should open impeachment hearings against 35 per cent last week, and 64 per cent said it should reprimand or censure Mr Clinton, up from 54 per cent. But a majority - 53 per cent - still said there should be no impeachment hearings. And 50 per cent said Mr Clinton should not consider resigning. Republicans hope Mr Clinton's approval rating will dive tomorrow after Congress releases - with only minor editing - the videotape of the President's four-hour grand jury testimony on the Lewinsky affair and other sexually explicit evidence. The New York Times quotes lawyers familiar with the case as saying that in his August 17 testimony to independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr's grand jury, Mr Clinton expressed regret about their affair. "I'd give anything in the world to not admit what I had to testify to today," the lawyers said Mr Clinton told the jury. The graphic report by Mr Starr - who is trying to prove Mr Clinton perjured himself when giving testimony on the Lewinsky affair to the Paula Jones sexual harassment case - is being considered by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. The committee, which voted at the weekend to release the video and additional documents, will decide whether Mr Clinton should be impeached.

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