To: jbe who wrote (6746 ) 9/23/1998 1:23:00 AM From: Rick Slemmer Read Replies (1) | Respond to
It seems to me that most of the objections to Clinton you have listed fall into the category of policy, rather than into the category of morals and/or ethics. ...I was concerned about all the people out there who were not covered through their place of employment, and for whom medical coverage could be prohibitively expensive (especially if they had pre-existing conditions). Lying about the Iran-Contra affair, however, was something else altogether: here, if we had cared to pursue the matter, we might have had an impeachable offense. Consequently, they will never go along with a Dump Clinton movement, as long as, or insofar as, they feel it is motivated primarily by a desire to effect a radical change in this country's political course. I am not trying to be confrontational here. I am only trying to explain why you may find it hard to convince anyone who is pro-Clinton or sitting on the fence right now that the President should be impeached. Many people do not trust the motives of the "organized opposition." Let me add that the constant jeering at "Clinton groupies," "liberals," "fags," "feminists," "welfare bums," etc., etc., doesn't help the cause of impeachment either. You can't persuade people by insulting them.
