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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (215)	3/5/2004 10:41:27 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 298

I think we agree about Clinton. I had trouble justifying impeachment for what he did also. Yeah, I know he committed perjury; he was being asked to potentially end his marriage and family life if he didn't. Ken Starr? Don't get me started! <g> Start. But there remians this: The willingness of Nixon and his aides to use the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in unlawful or unethical ways against their "enemies" was a reckless exploitation of the bureacracy. ap.grolier.com That's what brought him down. That is unacceptable. You CANNOT let a known case of an abuse of power like that simply slide by. If you do, the next guy figures, well, they didn't nail him, so I can do it too. And maybe goes further. And I 've heard of the "slippery slope" fallacy, yes. But you tread dangerous ground here. If we are to keep a democracy, the President must know he is a President, not a dictator, and he is not above the law.