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

To: dave g who wrote (3011)	8/25/1998 4:17:00 AM
From: RJC2006	Respond to of 13994

>>>The only political figure that sticks out in my mind has been** Quale* (the idiot).>>> Gee, who's the moron here? <<<SIDE NOTES: I was watching CNN as I typed this.>>> Well this explains part of your problem. <<<Hey were talking to shrinks about lying. Did you know that 93 percent of us lie regularly at work.>>> Is that a call-in show? Maybe you could give them a ring and ask them what percentage of the working populace receives BJ's in their office? <<<Also, (and I think this is unbelievable) one out of three of us will lie to our spouses about an affair. I guess that that means at least one out of three of us will have one. Happy to say I'm not one. Also, the major reason that people lie is to save face.>>> Really the only thing that Mr. Clinton has proven to us is what some of us married guys have known all along...no sense to lie because she knows the truth before we do. >>>Chronic lying leads to depression.>>> "Hillary, pass the Prozac." <<<3. What has Clinton done? The Economy didn't fall apart like the Republicans swore it would.>>> Really? Name one. <<<He got rid of the deficit, which is something the republicans couldn't do.>>> As I said in an earlier post..."and Peter Pan and Tinkerbell lived happily ever after." Maybe they couldn't do it because they weren't the majority party when Mr. Clinton entered office. It was their inability to do this that was one of the reasons they lost the Congress. <<<He signed into law important legislation on the Internet and gun control.>>> "Guns don't kill people, bad laws do." <<<He got rid of denial of insurance because of preexisting conditions.>>> Well, he signed it into law. Can't begrudge you this. <<<He has handled crisis's in the gulf>>> I didn't realize there was a crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. <<<and Russia. >>> Yeah, just ask the Russian worker about this. <<<He has addressed human rights issues in China.>>> Uhh...yeah...sure he has...tell this to the dissidents that were being thrown in jail the day he arrived just for having an opinion. <<<He improved the infrastructure of the country by passing a 600 billion dollar highway bill.>>> Who the hell is going to vote against fixing pot-holes? Somalia anyone?

To: dave g who wrote (3011)	8/25/1998 9:12:00 PM
From: Wildstar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

>He got rid of the deficit, which is something the republicans couldn't do. < How exactly does one "get rid of" the defecit? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the balanced budget that the Republicans and Democrats were trying to take credit for actually resulted in less of a budget surplus than if no law was passed. I thought that the deficit was balanced because our corporations are making a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes.

To: dave g who wrote (3011)	8/26/1998 12:12:00 AM
From: mauser96	Respond to of 13994

I don't know where you took English lessons, but it's "Write down", not "Right down". I also wonder where you took Civics 101 or Economics 101 because it's congress that passes the laws that control the budget. The President only signs them. Therefore in the case of the budget both a Republican congress and a Democratic president deserve some credit. In any case the "balanced budget" is as phoney as a $3 bill because they are spending social security money. At least it's better than it was a few years ago. Your knowledge of the constitution is also badly flawed. Grounds are treason,bribery,or other high crimes and misdemeanors. (article 2,section4) Since the exact definition of these terms isn't given, it's up to congress to decide. James Madison was the one responsible for inserting the words "high crimes and misdemeanors" and thought it covered a broad range of offenses. In 1936 Judge Ritter of a Florida court was impeached and removed from office for his conduct in a receivership case, and earlier in 1913 another judge was impeached for bad behavior, even though nether case was an indictable crime. It is clear that impeachment does not require a crime, though in Mr. Clinton's case we have one, perjury. No, I'm not a lawyer, but I do know how to read law books.