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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (12394)	9/11/1998 9:18:00 AM
From: DScottD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Here's my take on the Clinton mess. Starr went after him for the better part of three years on Whitewater, Filegate, Travelgate, you name it. Starr wasn't able to get anything to stick against Clinton and was about ready to give up when the Paula Jones case depositions were taken and the whole Lewinsky mess fell into his lap. Therein was the mother lode Starr had been trying to get all along. To me, from Clinton's perspective, it has to be like getting away with robbing a million dollars from the Bank of Mt. Pilot, then getting pinched by Barney Fife for speeding on the outskirts of Mayberry in the getaway car. While Barney was getting the oil changed in the squad car at Gomer's garage. Barney didn't actually see the getaway car speeding until Gomer said "Hey Barney. Isn't that car going a bit too fast? Want me to do the old Citizen's Arrest?" Barney: "I'll take care of it Gomer. We have to nip this lawlessness in the bud. Nip it, nip it, nip it in the bud." Clinton almost talks his way out of the ticket, until Andy comes by on his way fishing (Fishing expedition, get it?) and notices that the car matches the description of the getaway car from the Mt. Pilot bank job. Andy tells Barney the questions to ask and Barney then proudly makes the arrest for the bank job. This high profile collar lands Barney the coveted deputy job in Raleigh. Clinton spends a night in jail with Otis, followed by one of Aunt Bee's patented pancake and egg breakfasts. Andy turns Clinton over to the federal authorities, but only after he gets Clinton to agree to talk to Miss Crump's class about the balance of power and the legislative process. Clinton gladly does so, buts creates a scene when he makes a pass at Miss Crump in front of Opie. "She's my paw's gal," says Opie. The show ends when the feds come to take Clinton away. Andy, Barney, Opie, Miss Crump, Thelma Lou, Aunt Bee and Floyd are all at the steps of the police station to see Bill off. "He's not such a bad guy, is he paw?" says Opie. "You're right, Ope," says Andy, "but the law's the law, isn't it Barn?" Barney thoughtfully pats his single bullet in his chest pocket and says, "You got that right, Ange. The law is the law. And no one is above the law. We took a solemn oath to uphold the law, and that's what we do." "He really needs a haircut," says Floyd.