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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: jbe who wrote (8317)10/15/1998 5:13:00 PM
From: Borzou Daragahi  Read Replies (2) of 13994
 
I have long felt that the subtext to the whole Lewinksy matter consisted of a cultural battle between visions of a Talibanist morally pure City upon a Hill America, as represented by Kenneth Starr, and that of a tolerant America that accepts all sorts of religious, social, and cultural practices so long as they don't trample on the rights of others, as represented (unfortunately) by Bill Clinton, whose politics I do not share.

In a way it goes back to the colonial-era conflict between puritan Massachussetts, obsessed with purging the colony of heretics, adulterers, and people of darker skin, and rogue Rhode Island, embracing anyone--slave, Indian, Catholic, witch--who wanted to make some quick money and live free.

Is this a duel between the ghosts John Winthrop and Roger Williams?
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