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

To: Hiram Walker who wrote (3448)	9/17/1998 7:02:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

No sir. I believe Reagan and Bush were not implicated in any impeachable conduct. Carter I think was very clean (personally). Ford was not in office long enough to get in much trouble and Nixon was impeached although he resigned before he was convicted. Johnson and Kennedy to the best of my knowledge while not men of sterling moral character never lied under oath, etc. My theory is that Clinton is an anomoly, an aberration. He needs to be excised to demonstrate that the system works. As Thomas Finneran, Speaker of the House in the House of Reps. of the People's Republic of Massachusetts has stated in declining to be on the same stage with Bubba this evening at a fundraiser in Boston: "Mr. Clinton is a stain upon the Presidency". JLA

To: Hiram Walker who wrote (3448)	9/18/1998 10:53:00 AM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

Hiram and everyone, One of the standards that the framers of the U.S. Constitution set was that the bar for impeachment of a President would be very high. I have to agree with Founding Fathers that the President must have a strong hold on the office, otherwise the Republic will suffer from constant popularity polls. I may be a right wing, nutcase Republican myself but I really thing that impeachment over this sexual affair and a coverup (even with the perjury in the PJ case) is a stretch. What I really want is the last 3 Starr reports on File- gate, Travelgate, and Whitewater. Given the circumstantial evidence to date, I would say that Bill and Hillary have been corrupt from day 1, and they need to be tried for their crimes. However, should there be no more criminal offenses outlined by Ken Starr, I think we should cut Bubba some slack. I know it is not a popular position to hold right now, but I think we should avoid turning the Office of President into a popularity contest. -John