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

To: j g cordes who wrote (3502)	9/18/1998 8:30:00 AM
From: mrknowitall	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Jg - would that it could end, however, there is an innate sense in many people that Mr. Clinton is finally getting what he deserves because they realize there isn't really going to be any legal punishment for this. Like the driver who gets away with passing everyone and then butting in line or the arrogance of people who park in front of the entrances to the grocery store, we become tired of the "the law doesn't apply to me" attitude in our daily lives. Our powerlessness in the face of such things adds to our frustration with those who are powerful. Clinton has effectively galvanized enough wolf-pack Democrats and has intimidated enough Republicans with the scorched-earth strategy to mute any possible action on the perjury, obstruction and misuse of power charges - he knows the worst of this particular "legal" case is over, and censure carries no real penalty. He will only pay (for this particular crime) through humiliation embarrassment, and perhaps that is the only way to keep him in check. Unfortunately, he is not enough of a man to prevent, as you say, dragging America into the gutter (I say his gutter). Mr. K.

To: j g cordes who wrote (3502)	9/18/1998 9:31:00 AM
From: j_b	Respond to of 67261

<< The whole of Starr's arguments don't warrant our dragging the Congress, the Senate, the American people and the world into the gutter. >> Maybe, maybe not. It is Congress' Constitutional duty to make that determination. There are enough people in Congress on both sides of the aisle that disagree with you, that I think you will be proven wrong. Clinton may not be impeached, but his actions certainly seem to call for a Congressional action of some sort. <<The rights of privacy must be extended even to the President, it can't be considered any other way in a democracy.. he is no higher and he's certainly no lower than the rest of us. The crimes were crimes of passion and lust>> There is no right to privacy during a court case. If you are asked a question, you either must object to the question and let the judge decide its relevance, or you must answer truthfully. Even the President is subject to this. The crimes (IMHO) were not of passion or lust, but of power. Clinton does what he does because he can. He enjoys all the trappings of power, and takes full advantage of them. He is very similar to the rock stars and other entertainers that take full advantage of the groupies surrounding them, and of the limos and free food, and all the gifts and attention people shower them with.