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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thames_sider who wrote (322843)	11/23/2002 1:31:24 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

I suppose you Limeys LOVE it when someone lies to your courts...

To: thames_sider who wrote (322843)	11/23/2002 1:42:25 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 769670

The hazards you postulate are no different than any other citizen in a position of power is subject to. Pandering to special interests sometimes comes back to bit you. But perjury wasn't his only offense. He importuned others to lie to the court. He sought to hide evidence and otherwise obstruct justice. And while you find this trivial, the court did not. He was assessed a large fine which he paid without comment. And the bar in the state of Arkansas thought his actions were so serious they stripped him of his license to practice law in that state.

To: thames_sider who wrote (322843)	11/23/2002 3:41:37 PM
From: steve dietrich	Respond to of 769670

I imagine Ken Star could have just as easily tripped him up by asking if Clinton had ever used the N word. And of course the REpugs. would have been all over it and demanded an impeachment!

To: thames_sider who wrote (322843)	11/23/2002 11:18:11 PM
From: David Lawrence	Respond to of 769670

>> Clinton was chased on this tack in a court where any admission of any guilt would* be used against him, as we'd already seen - otherwise WTF was he being questioned about this in the first place.* I believe perjury occurred during a deposition in the Paula Jones civil trial. >>Well, damned if he did, damned if he didn't. One lie begets another. I think he would have been less damned had he told the truth in the first place. Let's not forget that it was his own actions that put him in the position of being asked the question under oath in the first place.