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To: TigerPaw who wrote (128258)	2/20/2001 6:58:02 PM
From: FastC6	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

<<new democratic agenda>> And what exactly is the "new democratic agenda" you support? Would you elaborate as to what it is and what it is you like about it? . .

To: TigerPaw who wrote (128258)	2/20/2001 11:59:49 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

TP, are you a Bonapartiste? In what way will we hear from Clinton again? He is old news, at best an elder statesman. Someone else will carry the Democratic agenda forward, if anyone does. There is no new Democratic agenda, there never was. There was only "triangulation", a strategy for re- election. The government is in the hands of Republicans, even if the Senate is barely held. I don't know why you cannot face the fact that outrage over Clinton's behavior is not manufactured. You keep whistling in the graveyard. Clinton is one of the greatest embarrassments sustained by the Democratic Party, and no one seriously believes that he bears much responsibility for the comparative prosperity of the last few years. He represents nothing much to anyone.....

To: TigerPaw who wrote (128258)	2/21/2001 9:37:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Former president calls Rich pardon 'disgraceful' February 21, 2001 Web posted at: 6:50 AM EST (1150 GMT) AMERICUS, Georgia (AP) -- Former President Carter said Tuesday that Bill Clinton abused his power and brought disgrace to the White House with his last-minute pardon of fugitive Marc Rich. "I think President Clinton made one of his most serious mistakes in the way he handled the pardon situation the last few hours he was in office," Carter said during a speech at Georgia Southwestern State University. "A number of them were quite questionable, including about 40 not recommended by the Justice Department." Of the Rich pardon, Carter said: "I don't think there is any doubt that some of the factors in his pardon were attributable to his large gifts. In my opinion, that was disgraceful." Clinton has insisted there was nothing wrong with his pardon of Rich, who until then had been wanted by the Justice Department for allegedly evading more than $48 million in taxes, fraud and illegal oil deals with Iran. The pardon is the subject of U.S. congressional hearings and a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York. Carter, who left office in 1981, said he pardoned about 500 people during his four years in the White House, most of those in the first three years, and none during the final weeks of his term. "I never pardoned anyone whose pardon was not recommended to me after a complete investigation by the Justice Department," Carter said. cnn.com