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To: Coolwire who wrote (583)	9/13/1998 10:32:00 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1533

Thanks for the reasoned response. A couple of observations: First, the argument about overturning the election is simply a nonsensical mantra dreamed up by president supporters. By definition, impeachment overturns an election. The fact that Clinton won the election with 49% has no bearing on punishing him for criminal activity. By your argument, Nixon should never have been ousted because he was elected with 60% of the votes and carried 49 states. Second, the issue of the crimes being petty will drive the debate on impeachment during the next several weeks. Few would disagree that he committed perjury. Many would argue he did not obstruct justice. I believe he will ultimately be shown to be guilty of both of those crimes. I also believe that in a sense they are petty. So the real question facing congress is do they impeach a president who is clearly guilty of two felonies, albeit "petty" in the view of half the country? Do they keep a president who will most likely be found in contempt of court and probably be disbarred? Can a person serve as president who is a felon, albeit a "petty" felon? You tell me...

To: Coolwire who wrote (583)	9/13/1998 11:13:00 AM
From: Jim Mulis	Respond to of 1533

Well, I disagree with the notion that Clinton should not resign. If he was an honorable man, a man with integrity, he would have resigned after he admitted to lying to the American people. At the minimum he should be censured. As for impeachment Congress and the American people will have to decide that. I don't buy the idea that we are overturning the " will of the people " if we boot this guy out of office. BTW, as the president's poll numbers go down, we are seeing the poll numbers go up for Congress. This doesn't appear to me to be a wholesale discrediting of the institutions of democracy. At the end of the day, it's not about sex. It's about lying under oath and lying to the American people.