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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: dougjn who wrote (3391)	9/17/1998 11:04:00 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 67261

As in Nixon, Reagan, John Gotti, Al Capone, and all the others, Clinton is smart enough to delegate activities to surrogates. Usually, the surrogates are outside the direct line of supervision and preferably, outside the government employ. The 'rogue' is left to carry out the policy. As in Nixon, Clinton only got caught because of an informant (unwitting in Clinton's case) and tape.

To: dougjn who wrote (3391)	9/17/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: j_b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

<<If SOMEBODY did something wrong in filegate that does not necessarily mean Clinton had anything to do with it, however. The abortive nature of anything that may have happened actually suggests the opposite.>> I agree with the first part and disagree with the second. Recent reports say that as many as 1100 files were actually taken, and 400 are still missing. Nothing abortive about that. One of my major worries with Clinton is that people are getting security clearances that absolutely should not. Monica is one example, the guy who was associated with Filegate (I just can't remember his name right now) was another. It seems that all the regular protections being put on government information and secrets have been compromised. Part of Clinton's problem is that his behavior has left him open to speculation that issues such as Filegate may actually be his responsibility. We may not catch him because he is so slippery, but we know he's a good liar and will lie when he feels it serves his purpose. It's tough to give him the benefit of the doubt under those circumstances. Having the Whitewater billing files suddenly show up in the personal quarters after two years, and have only Hillary's fingerprints on them, is another incredible stretch that lessens Clinton's credibility. That's what this is all about - Clinton's credibility. Has he lost so much of it that he no longer has the "moral authority" to lead this country? He could be completely innocent and still have lost that authority. As regards your comments on Nixon and his supporters, I agree. However, the same may turn out to be true of Clinton and his supporters by the time this has all played out.