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

To: dougjn who wrote (3745)9/18/1998 6:47:00 PM
From: jim kelley  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 67261
 
Agreed that would have been a wiser course of action.

Also, it would let other Americans know that they should not waive their rights in a criminal investigation.

I think the anger and humiliation associated with this probe into his personal life skewed his judgment at a critical time. He let them get to him.

Any pretense to bipartisanship of this matter has now been lost in the division of the Judiciary committee down party lines in their votes today.

The November elections will now decide this matter. I suspect there will be a huge backlash against the Republican tactics.



To: dougjn who wrote (3745)9/18/1998 9:43:00 PM
From: Johannes Pilch  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 67261
 
>I felt very strongly at the time that the President should have taken the Fifth.<

I considered pushing on this point before Clinton's unfortunate testimony because it seemed to me that had he taken the fifth, the current threat to the strength of the Constitution would have been avoided, and yet the rule of law would have been upheld.


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