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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (5722)	2/10/1998 11:08:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 20981

>>Why is a government that routinely turns a blind eye to all sorts of crimes by officials now after Clinton?.....So what is the real reason Starr is after him? It's a confluence of the nature of the Office of the IC and the man. Many observe that the IC is by nature essentially unanswerable to politics or in actuality, to any branch of government once appointed. (Justice Scalia, as lone dissent, said it was unconstitutional because it was extraconstitutional (my word)). The reason Starr cannot be deterred is that is he actually had a well-earned reputation for being professionally apolitical and in all aspects, honest. And I'll bet he wants his reputation back. Starr will pursue Clinton farther than a partisan Republican because he is determined to get the truth - a staunch Republican might back off with threats of reprisal. (And I'm sure Hillary's 900 FBI files won't help her with Starr). As the WSJ pointed out today: The most plausible explanation for Ken Starr's behavior is that the relentless Clinton stonewalling and public demagoguing have finally made him as aggressive as the more experienced prosecutors on his staff. This may produce poor polling numbers for Mr. Starr, but at a purely legal level simply can't be good news for the White House..... The Clintonites' past success with the smash-mouth strategy has come mainly against other politicians or defenseless women. In Mr. Starr they may finally be meeting someone beyond their experience, someone who cares less about the polls than about his duty. exchange2000.com