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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MR. PANAMA (I am a PLAYER) who wrote (6510)	9/19/1998 11:09:00 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13994

Hi Bateman; Regarding Starr as "Softcore Porn... Softcore with more detail..." Actually the Starr report would make terribly boring reading, except for the personalities involved. It just doesn't read like soft core porn. (If anybody doesn't know what softcore porn reads like, and would like to find out, please send me a personal message. I will send you some. It is not difficult to write.) It would be a lot more believable if you would argue that the purpose of this first Starr report is to ruin the President's reputation. I agree with this. His reputation is now and forever gone. One indiscretion is not what has destroyed his reputation. Instead, the implication of his actions suggest that the many, many other women who have claimed to have had "sex" with him, or who have been purported to have done so, includes many women who actually have. His inability to control his behavior is at issue, as is his inclination to lie his way out of trouble. At issue is also the suggestion that his regime uses brutal threats (including violence) to stifle the voices of those who would testify against the president. Starr may have released his report partly to give courage to witnesses currently afraid to go against the president. It's hard to be afraid of a guy who is the laughing stock of 90% of the world's comedians. About Starr, I agree with Oprah, who allegedly said "You don't blame the messenger." (Unfortunately, I can't find this quote on her web site, but she was so quoted on a local radio show.) -- Carl