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

To: BubbaFred who wrote (2584)	8/22/1998 1:34:00 AM
From: Doughboy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

I agree that this is a middle of the road scandal, but I don't think it should result in impeachment (nor will it). I think there is an important distinction to be made between personal conduct and public conduct. IMO, while the President's conduct was morally wrong, indicative of serious personal flaws, and dishonest, I do not think they rise to the level of public corruption that was rooted out by Iran-Contra, Watergate and the House Bank (to pick a Democratic scandal of recent vintage). Therefore I do not believe that he deserves to be impeached for it. I know, I know, everyone wants to make this into an "abuse of power" scandal, but it simply is not. It is about a man who could not resist giving into his all too human desires, and who tried to cover it up. But say what you will, the cover-up here was not done on the public dime. In contrast, Nixon (whether he knew about the Watergate break-in beforehand) executed a cover-up at the highest levels of government including officials like the Attorney General of the United States. I think that raises much more concern and warrants impeachment. Doughboy.