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

To: E who wrote (18851)	9/3/1998 7:59:00 PM
From: Who, me?	Respond to of 20981

Lieberman:Clinton Conduct 'Immoral By David Espo Associated Press Writer Thursday, September 3, 1998; 6:03 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a somber speech on the Senate floor, Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Thursday that President Clinton's behavior with Monica Lewinsky was ''immoral and it is harmful'' and Clinton deserves public rebuke. ''In this case, the president apparently had extramarital relations with an employee half his age and did so in the workplace in the vicinity of the Oval Office,'' Lieberman said. Such behavior, he said, ''is harmful for it sends a message of what is acceptable behavior to the American public.'' At the same time, Lieberman said it is premature for Congress to take any action before Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr submits a report to lawmakers. Few Democrats were present to hear Lieberman's remarks. But top Republican leaders, including Majority Leader Trent Lott and the GOP whip, Don Nickles, were present and listening closely from their seats a few yards away. Lieberman thus became the first member of either party since Clinton's grand jury testimony last month to use the Senate floor to address the issue. Democratic leaders had hoped he would avoid speaking, but within moments after he concluded, two fellow Democrats rose to praise him for it. Lieberman said that Clinton ''had by his disgraceful behavior jeopardized his administration's historic record of accomplishment.'' His speech were laced with remarks about the morality of Clinton's behavior. ''The president's relationship with Ms. Lewinsky not only contradicted the values he has publicly embraced over the last six years,'' Lieberman said. ''It has, I fear, compromised his moral authority.'' Democratic officials had said earlier in the week that Lieberman was weighing a call for censure of the president. Lieberman noted that while some people have already called for Clinton's resignation, presidential supporters want the nation to move beyond the entire episode. ''Appealing as that option may be, the transgressions the president has admitted to are too consequential for us to walk away and leave the impression for our children today and our posterity tomorrow that the conduct he admitted to in the White House are acceptable,'' he said. Clinton's conduct, he declared, should be followed ''by some measure of public rebuke and accountability'' -- although not until Starr sends a report to Congress. Lieberman made his comments as Republican officials in the House were preparing for such a report, even though there was no indication that Starr had notified them one was coming. Officials said legislation would be prepared to refer the material to the Judiciary Committee. Under legislation that governs his appointment, Starr must give Congress a report on any evidence he uncovers that contains evidence of impeachable offenses by Clinton.

To: E who wrote (18851)	9/3/1998 8:02:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20981

I don't know very much about the posters here, but I find it curious that people would think it difficult to handle a flirtacious employee. I mean, what kind of life experiences do you have that you can't resist a low cut dress or a deep skirt slit? Haven't any of you been a employer? A teacher? A rock star for Christ sakes? I could see an inability to resist if you were locked up in prison and suddenly sprung after five years. But if you have a normal sex life and you're in a position of power over the flirtacious employee/groupie, there is no excuse.