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To: long-gone who wrote (57)	9/16/1998 10:41:00 PM
From: Wizzer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 276

when this President has so little reguard for the "whole truth". When one is above the law, there can be no law. Richard, I am a Canadian, my brother has both Canadian and American citizenships. I agree, there should be no one above the law, as it diminishes the ability of the American Justice system to achieve equality, and fairness for all Americans. When an exception is permitted, it undermines the beliefs and the freedoms of those proud Americans tenets. The President should receive punishment for his perjury and obstruction of Justice, barring any unforseen new evidence to the contrary. The President is also the Commander-In-Chief of the US, so I also wonder if the laws that apply to U.S. military personnel would also apply to him. I believe that his conduct was appalling, costly to the US, and in many aspects, against the laws he is supposed to uphold, as well as the morality he so vehemently requested from his citizens. Notwithstanding that other Presidents have had extra-marital affairs, we are dealing with the current situation. Other Presidents got away with it, but it is irrelevant in my opinion, because other Presidents did not lie about their actions under oath. The oath that requires, "...the whole truth..." as you said, not a semantically derived version of the truth. Almost everyone understands the question, as it was asked, and his attempt to obfuscate and obstruct the truth brings great shame on himself, and those that would support his assertion of not lying. I remember Hillary Clinton calling these allegations, "a right wing conspiracy", and once I heard that in January, I knew he was lying. I also do not believe that Hillary was not aware of his actions, or that he did not tell her to some extent what happened. His only "honourable act" (very loosely used), was perhaps, not to drag his wife into the mess and exonerated her of participating in the cover up. Had any other American done the same thing, they would have had to pay court costs, fines and likely serve time in jail. Every time, I hear Bill Clinton speak, the most resounding thoughts in my mind are hypocrite and liar. I believe that some form of justice will prevail against Bill Clinton and he should be forced to resign. If not, your whole system of Justic suffers.

To: long-gone who wrote (57)	9/17/1998 12:22:00 AM
From: Wizzer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 276

Richard, I forgot to mention something about the Clinton situation, with respect to public opinion. I am fairly certain, that if one was to compare the statistical percentage of people who don't believe anything should be done to Bill Clinton, and that his apology is good enough, versus the amount of Americans that have had extra-marital affairs, there would be a striking similarity in the results. Why? Because the measure of conduct of another person, is always measured by that person's own conduct. Interesting how human nature is. To condemn someone else would be a condemnation of themselves, if they had done a similar act.