<<Can you alleviate my concerns on this score?>>
Of course!! I'll just ask one of the God Squad here to put in a good word with the Big Guy for you <vbg>.
<<I do not think it is possible to treat the "issues" in the abstract, apart from the context in which they arose, as desirable as that might appear to be>>
Although we can't, Congress must at least try. One of the issues you raised is "must" for consideration, even though I gave it short shrift in my last posting to you. Al Gore. There is a scale here with the crime on one side and the effect on the nation of the impeachment process on the other. Assuming that Al Gore is a gift from God, squeaky clean, no problems, etc., the Clinton matters should be looked at strictly on their merit. However, if there is a reasonable chance that Gore will be impeached as well, the effect of removing Clinton becomes far more serious - more weight on that side of the scale. In other words, I feel your pain.
<<What I was saying is that, yes, I AM worried about the motives of the vociferous organized anti-Clinton "movement." That is a psychological reality, not an argument.>>
You should be worried - hopefully you will take that worry with you to the polls and vote accordingly (this time go for someone with a little more class <g>) whether you are Republican, Democrat or other. However, your Congressperson should strive to achieve that state where motive doesn't matter. We have to differentiate between our feelings and the process.
Notice I argue both sides here - I'm torn on the issue too. Once again, for the actual impeachment process, the motives of the attackers should be irrelevant - only the issues matter. The problem is that we can't seem to agree on what the issues are.
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