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

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (8466)	2/26/1998 5:16:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Stuart Taylor of National Journal wrote a tightly-reasoned essay saying that Starr should go, but not because Starr has done anything wrong, but rather because the Clintons have been successful at smearing him with baseless lies. He says that the people have not examined the case against Starr because if they did, they would find that there is no case. Taylor said that the Clintonistas have proved that "smears work". Taylor says that the Clintons would resist a new IC more than anyone, because they would have to start a new smear campaign against the new IC.

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (8466)	2/26/1998 11:14:00 AM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

So, I have a supposition for you -- Suppose you were given ultimate power over Starr's investigation -- let's say you are Janet Reno, or simply just have a magic wand. Would you remove Ken Starr from the investigation, because he's too "pahtisan", his staffers are too "tainted", etc? Too late now, and I'm not sure it'd ever have served a purpose. I think that if I were Reno I wouldn't have given him permission for the sting operation on Lewinsky, on the grounds that the question of whether he had an affair with her had nothing whatsoever to do with Whitewater, which is what he's supposed to be investigating. Whether he lied under oath to Paula Jones's lawyers is also unrelated to Whitewater. If it were to be investigated, or he to be prosecuted, it should be done by someone else. I don't think Starr is evil or dishonest, but he's become obsessed, and that's dangerous.