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

To: Investor2 who wrote (19134)	9/12/1998 1:25:00 PM
From: Who, me?	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

Are these all "ultra-right-wing religious fanatics"? msnbc.com

To: Investor2 who wrote (19134)	9/12/1998 10:59:00 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

Hi Investor2; Perjury isn't really a crime if you are just trying to protect the name of a frail intern. Any real man would say what he had to, protect the good name of a lady. Even "trailer park trash" deserves the respect of a gentleman. It would have been a little better if he hadn't referred to the love of his life as "that woman" when he gainsaid her on national TV. It also would have been a little less harsh if he had been able to prevent all his buddies from speculating that Monica was delusional as well as not pretty. Anyway, from what I see, it really isn't possible to keep witnesses from lying in these sex harassment cases. It all boils down to "he said - she said." Nobody can prove a thing, except the FBI. God knows I'm going to lie like a dog next time I'm in court! I think Clinton's deceptive statements in the Jones deposition show good judgement. Since how he started out with Monica was identical to what Paula accused him of, it would have damaged his case to let Monica say the truth. But he protected himself from actual perjury, and that is where the good judgement lies. Of course he may end up arguing the call with a judge. I'm sure a smart set of lawyers like him and his spouse are not going to get caught in an obvious trap like perjury. I've been reading Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. They were a lot less formal in how they chose their leaders. I'm sure a detail like an obvious felony wouldn't have stopped Theodosius (or Hitler) from staying in power! Bill's the Commander in Chief of the world's most powerful armed forces! That beats the praetorian guard any day. All he needs to do is hang tight. Nobody is going to drag him away from the presidency as long as he's got his finger on that button. The sex adict/harassment stuff will just blow away, eventually, and his party has enough of the senate to stop an impeachment vote. And there are advantages to being two-faced as hell. Our allies are sure to be impressed with our leader's ability to read multiple meanings into legal documents. This means we can make agreements where they see it their way, and we see it our way. Everybody gets what they want! You can eliminate long give and take negotiations. Instead, we just take. Of course sometimes later disagreements are a problem, but mostly that stuff doesn't matter anyway, and Bill does have his finger on that little button! I'm sure Alaric would have approved. -- Carl