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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (13451)	7/30/2001 3:02:22 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 59480

"It hurt to lose [my recent race for re-election]. But I'll never regret my vote for impeachment. It is easy for elected officials to succumb to the illusion that the greater good is served by their self-perpetuation in office. Seniority, of course, often brings promotion and power of a sort. But something larger gets lost. And here I'm not even talking about integrity or political soul. I'm really just talking about the ability to lead. The moment a politician decides that it's more important to be re-elected than to stand his ground, he becomes weak and ineffective. The willingness to lose elections is a necessary prerequisite of statesmanship. That, I believe, is one of the chief and enduring lessons of the Clinton impeachment trial." --The Honorable James Rogan