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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (1604)	9/6/1998 7:46:00 AM
From: jimpit	Respond to of 67261

New York Post Saturday, September 5, 1998 EDITORIAL 'I AGREE WITH WHAT HE SAID' On Thursday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut stood before the world's greatest deliberative body and delivered a speech that put the president to shame - not only as a man and a leader, but as a rhetorician as well. Lieberman's address was sorrowful and wise, moral without being moralistic. Its purpose was not to sink the Clinton presidency but to save it. It was, in fact, precisely the kind of speech America craved from Bill Clinton on August 17. There was, in Lieberman's words, both a generosity of spirit and an expression of deep disappointment. He has used the bully pulpit of his presidency to eloquently and effectively call for the renewal of our common values, Lieberman rightly said of Clinton before adding: The president's relationship with Ms. Lewinsky not only contradicted the values he has publicly embaced over the last six years, it has, I fear, compromised his moral authority at a time when Americans of every political persuasion agree that the decline of the family is one of the most pressing problems we are facing. Lieberman said he was concerned his words would appear unnecessarily judgemental, but they really weren't. I know from the Bible that only God can judge people. The most we can do is to comment without condemning individuals, he said. We as humans are all imperfect. We are all sinners. Many have betrayed a loved one, and most have told lies .... We all fall short of the standards our best values set for us. Certainly I do. But, Lieberman added, the president, by virtue of the office he sought and was elected to, has traditionally been held to a higher standard. This is as it should be, because the American president ... is not just the one-man distillation of the American people but today the most powerful person in the world. And as such, the consequences of his misbehavior, even private misbehavior, are much greater than that of an average citizen, aCEO or even a senator. Even so, Lieberman did not condemn Clinton. He described talk of impeachment as unjust and unwise in these days before Kenneth Starr issues his report to Congress. He urged that as our nation's leader, our commander in chief, Clinton be allowed the time and space and support he needs to carry out his most important duties and protect our national interest and security. Lieberman's speech was an extraordinary event - in its large-heartedness and seriousness of purpose, it was everything Bill Clinton's speech was not. That Clinton could not deliver a speech like it is evidence that his presidency cannot be saved. That Lieberman, the foremost New Democrat in the U.S. Senate, could and did deliver such a speech means that the Democratic Party can be saved from Bill Clinton. No longer will the Democratic Party fall back on the small-minded notion that 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a glorified garage for the American economy and that its occupant is responsible only for keeping the fuel injectors clean. Lieberman and many of his fellow Democrats, like the unambiguously liberal Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, are now acknowledging that Clinton has surrendered his personal authority. Without personal authority, a president is crippled. And when a great political party sides with a moral cripple against the larger interests of the country out of a knee-jerk team spirit, it cripples itself too. Over in Ireland yesterday, Bill Clinton's response to Lieberman was, simply, mind-boggling: I agree with what he said. It was just another lie. Because if Bill Clinton truly agreed with Joseph Lieberman, he would acknowledge the injury he has done to his office and resign. Instead, he is going to hang on by his fingernails as the country and the world look on, their contempt for him growing by the hour. nypostonline.com

To: Bill who wrote (1604)	9/6/1998 7:57:00 AM
From: cody andre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Sen. Feinstein went ballistic in Democratic closed forum. See: Bob Novak's column in Drudge Report. // CA

To: Bill who wrote (1604)	9/6/1998 12:29:00 PM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 67261

Re: Republicans preoccupation with sex. Maybe you are correct. The Republicans do not have sex. No! Wait,,, Nixon had a mistress (a Chinese women). Eisenhower had a mistress. Rumor has it that Bush had a mistress. Ford apparently did not have sex. Bloomingdale preferred kinky sex ( he was a Republican). Rockefeller died in his mistress' apartment with his boots on. We could talk about Benjamin Franklin's bedroom antics. How about George Washington and his mistress. Thomas Jefferson had a child with one of his slave women. Boy there seems to be no end of sex. All these people should have been run out of office by your standards. It is well known that prostitutes hang out around the Bohemian Clubs meeting in Northern California where the republicans and other world leaders meet annually. Man....Get a grip on yourself. Sex is ubiquitous. It actually occurs even in the armed services. It appears that the news media is also preoccupied with tabloid sex. I suppose thay are all virgins and should be allowed to cast stones at the president and anyone else that has sex while in public office. This whole Starr operation is a hypocritical harassment of a sitting president along with a sting operation. I say let the games begin. It is time to investigate the sexual practices of all federal elected officials. Also, it would also be fair to investigate the sex practices of Sam Donaldson, Cokey Roberts, etc. along with the Jerry Falwell and the ultra right who have so piously and hypocritically pontificated on this matter.