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To: Boca_PETE who wrote (3071)	1/25/1998 12:40:00 PM
From: Jerry G.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

We have to see how this plays out, I do agree with one thing, the State of the Union will have no meaning at all because people will have their minds on this sex scandle. There is another thing I want to say here at this moment it is just a SCANDLE. NO ONE HAS PROVEN A THING HERE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. We just have to see how this plays out. As far as the Stock Market I wish Billy would think with his right head, because during his presidency I have done very very well in the market and would hate to see this change because of something so stupid as a scandle such as is being looked at.

To: Boca_PETE who wrote (3071)	1/25/1998 2:06:00 PM
From: wooden ships	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

Pete: Per the State of the Union and in the manner of Bob Brinker, I offer three prospective scenarios. Scenario #1) Bill Clinton, taking a cue from the strategem employed by Jimmy Swaggart, declaims only that he has "sinned before Hillary and, also, God" and spends his hour weeping and sobbing hysterically before the joint houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, the military chiefs, the ambassadors, other dignitaries, as well as the American people and the world. Outcome: the 60% of women and 40% of men- who, in prior election cycles, were more than willing to overlook Clinton's apparent serious character flaws, cowardice, questionable history, strong hints of deviancy, and penchant for dissimulation- cry with him and, as is their wont, marvel at his display of pathos. Clinton's poll numbers rise. Scenario #2) Bill Clinton, reading from a familiar script tells the aforementioned assemblage that he "did it for the children." Outcomes: Some of those close to the dais later swear that, in the same breath, they heard Clinton mutter wryly, "I also did it to the children. heh heh." Touched and weakened by Clinton's expose' of scripted feeling, Clinton's constituency, as is their wont, marvel at his display of pathos. Clinton's poll numbers rise. Scenario #3) William Jefferson Blythe Clinton- for the first time in his life- stands up like a man, admits his various career mis- deeds, crimes, and baldfaced lies, and resigns office forthwith in order to, as he puts it, "accept my fate at the hands of a justifiably outraged American people." Outcome: N/A; scenario #3 is inconceivable given the nature of the beast.

To: Boca_PETE who wrote (3071)	1/25/1998 2:27:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

IMO, this will end up getting nowhere. The other parties in the issue have begun to have their own problems -- Ms. Lewinsky wants to take the fifth, and Starr is being accused of holding her without her consent for several hours. As for Paula Jones, even her own lawyers have doubted the credibility of her story... and so on and so forth. So, a veritable can of worms. And by the end of the year, we would have wasted a lot of time arguing among ourselves and seeing/reading lots and lots of analyses/tabloids/breaking-news/face-the-nation/meet-the-press yadda yadda yadda. The market will be up a modest 8% or so, and Bill Clinton will still be president. End of story. Dipy.