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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: DMaA who wrote (15622)11/23/1998 12:46:00 PM
From: Johannes Pilch  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
>For all that has been written in recent months about impeachment, there remains the misperception that impeachment automatically means removal from office.<

Yes. I have long argued that the impeachment process is that process whereby parity is established in case of alleged political crimes committed by those in high office. The process is designed to force the alleged wrong doer to confront the law. Should those who judge the alleged wrong doer judge him/her to be innocent of the charges, then parity will have been established since that alleged wrong doer will have filtered through our legal system just as would have any other American.

The idea of "censuring" the President is nothing but an ad hoc nonsolution, as it has not a thing to do with retribution and the establishment of parity in light of our law. For the sake of our system and of those fortunate enough to be under its authority, wrong doers must be rehabilitated by being pressured into public acceptance and agreement with our law, and such a person must pay retribution to the law (even if it is to seek the mercy of our legal system) should he/she cause a legal breach. Should such rehabilitative efforts fail, the wrong doer must be removed from society.

Censuring does nothing of the sort. It allows the President to abuse our system, claim he did not abuse the system and then pride himself on having escape retribution. Should he escape with a mere "censuring", all Americans will have logical recourse to demand the same treatment, should their crimes match those of the President's.

I have nothing but contempt for my countrymen. They have not common decency enough even to respect their own law. They are animals. No. They are much worse. They are Europeans.
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