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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bilow who wrote (5626)	9/14/1998 1:36:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Carl, re: >The case at hand is one of sexual harassment. Incidentally, the job offers that Lewinski received are clear evidence of preferential treatment to her, and this supports the Paula Jones lawsuit. (I.e. Paula Jones didn't have the most powerful men in the country finding jobs for her.)< >Clinton's abuse of FBI files and the giving of government jobs to silence witnesses (like Lewinski's pentagon job) are the essence of the evilness.< Exactly. But in the case of the Pentagon transferral, Monica was actually more like banished, and she desperately wanted to get back to the White House. But Clinton wouldn't let her come back. So absent that, Monica made a very detailed demand, which was a "wish list" of jobs she wanted in the private sector. She detailed the requirements, which included private sector, good pay, creative work environment, good location, etc. At least, Monica did apply a whole lot of pressure on Clinton to "give her a job". In her words, she expected a good job in the private sector as direct compensation for the way "you fucked up my life". That's actually in the Starr Report, exactly those words, and I can find it again for anyone who wants. But, try as she might, the best Bill could do is have Vernon Jordan get her a Pentagon job, at first. Eventually she landed the offer at Revlon, with the help of VJ calling the CEO. Note that this offer was very hastily retracted when the Tripp tapes story broke.

To: Bilow who wrote (5626)	9/14/1998 3:25:00 AM
From: Scrapps	Respond to of 13994

Bilow, you put it together well in that post...well done.

To: Bilow who wrote (5626)	9/14/1998 3:42:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

I should add that I second Scrapps' comment -- very well done post. I also wanted to add regarding: >>Clinton is acting like an escaped prisoner who thinks that by hiding in the sewer he can escape from justice. It is the repugnant duty of Starr to go down into that sewer after Clinton. But it is a duty, and an honorable one, and he is performing his duty.<< I think the whole "legally accurate" argument was a very coldly calculated one. The Clinton lawyers looked at the possible outcomes, and the result good/bad for the President: 1) Maybe they didn't believe that Starr would prove in the report (with explicitly worded descriptions provided by not only Monica, but her many confidants both personal and professional) that Clinton's assertions that he was "legally accurate" were false. 2) If Starr did provide those explicit details of the encounters, the WH spin machine would go into high gear, alleging "smear campaign" by the law officer Starr. Either way, Clinton attorneys saw the end result as a win for Clinton: If Starr didn't provide detail, then the lawyers would pounce, and say that Starr definitely didn't provide contrary evidence to the President's assertions. They would get very aggressive, and demand that Congress throw the whole report away. So now option 2) is in gear. One thing that the public may not have grasped yet is that Clinton and his attorneys are directly implying (again) that Monica is lying when she said that in most if not all the encounters, Clinton did engage in sexual contact with Lewinsky's private parts. Because that would mean that he did perjure himself by saying he didn't have "sex" in the court's definition. So I wonder how Monica feels about that denial. We have the ironic situation where the President is on one hand apologizing and asking "forgiveness" from Monica, while at the same time directly implying that she lied in her deposition. Really weird.