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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorrie coey who wrote (64276)	12/28/1999 1:36:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Having learned of your great concern over "privacy rights" I thought you'd be interested in the following: Hillary Clinton, Our Teflon First Lady Mike Siegel December 27, 1999 from NewsMax.com A recent poll done by NewsMax.com shows Hillary with 24 percent of the vote if she ran against George W. and Pat Buchanan in the 2000 Presidential election. There is an interesting undercurrent here. All of the revelations about Mrs. Clinton's involvement in Filegate and Travelgate seem to make her our Teflon first lady. I for one think rights of privacy in this country should be inviolable when it comes to strictly following the law. That is true whether it is Richard Nixon or Hillary Clinton who abuses that protection in federal law for the American people. So my concern is not with Mrs. Clinton per se, but rather the reaction of the American people to these apparent violations: apathy and passivity. Perhaps those who have filed the privacy lawsuits against this administration should be given the opportunity at a forum to talk about what it means to have those rights violated. How does it feel to have personal matters turned into public fodder for political reasons? We did not like it when Nixon created an enemies list and used federal agencies for political purposes. Why now have we accepted this from the present administration? For example, the FBI and IRS were sicced on Billy Dale and his family for what turned out to be no legitimate purpose. Dale headed the travel office for 26 years under six presidents. His record was clearly unblemished. Sam Donaldson and other media personalities testified at his trial to his character. The jury came back in minutes with an acquittal. After a two-year-long agonizing and unjustified campaign to destroy Dale, it seems there are no consequences for Bill or Hillary. Where is their accountability? Should not we, as Americans, ask ourselves this question? Abraham Lincoln said it best when he noted, "We are the last best hope for mankind.” He also placed full trust in the people to determine the outcome of this great experiment we call the United States of America. The jury is still out on whether we collectively have the judgment to hold our public officials accountable for their actions fairly and without regard for political views. If an action is wrong under our system for one ideology or one political party, we as a people should recognize it is wrong for all, or we will fail. Let us meet that challenge!