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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Bilow who wrote (6919)10/3/1998 5:38:00 PM
From: dougjn  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
I have said many times that there are levels of misconduct that certainly could lead me to support impeaching Clinton. I've given examples. I haven't seen anything at that level. And it looks to me that I won't.

The tide was running against Clinton when it looked like more and more serious offenses were going to be more and irrefutably proved.

The opposite now looks like the case, and his numbers have gone up.

I think the public has absorbed that while they think Clinton did lie (the idea of misleading without committing perjury is not something that resonates off the bat at all), they also think not only was it only about his private sex life, but also he was only willing to go so far. He MIGH have hinted to Lewinsky, but he certainly never told her directly to lie. Nor did he threaten her. Nor did he clearly tie big benefits to doing just as he said. At worst, he was only willing to go so far. Same thing, or even more so, in his discussions with Betty Currie.

You can say its because he was too smart to go further. And yes, that is part of it. But he also was willing to push it that far. He WAS willing to skate too close to the edge. But again, it was about a relatively trivial matter, that he should not have been compelled to answer. I.e., he was wrongly cornered.

Doug
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