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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Catfish who wrote (5)	7/31/1998 9:48:00 AM
From: Rick Slemmer	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 13994

As much as it pains me to say this, I think the Clinton defenders will label any Starr report as partisan politics and irrelevant to the "great job Clinton is doing as President." Their willful disregard for evidence against Clinton (and indeed anyone who can spin a good tale on TV as long as it's full of compassion and feeling) borders on the pathological. I'm truly amazed at their tunnel vision. Clinton's popularity will continue to hold as long as he has his charisma, the economy is perceived to be healthy, Bosnia stays off the evening news, and the erroneous mindset that "it's all about sex" continues to be the mantra. All the evidence of lying, hypocrisy, evasion, and just plain corruption of the Clinton Administration has had the slightest impact on the fanatical left who quite literally think Clinton is incapable of any misdeeds. I gotta admit, it's discouraging to know that there are so many spineless Americans who buy into the Clinton storyline without question. Their capacity for critical thinking is severely impaired. Let's hope that the Starr report is so thorough that even the network anchors will have a hard time ignoring or spinning it. RS

To: Catfish who wrote (5)	7/31/1998 1:20:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 13994

If Clinton waits until his ratings are poor, it will be too late. One need only recall George Bush who failed to use the goodwill in the poll ratings. Perhaps, there is some threshold in the 50's when he would take his case to the people. The obstruction of justice, witness tampering, suborning or purjury, purjury of this case is not meant by Starr to be taken alone but to establish a pattern of behavior that extends though the many scandals in his two terms.