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

To: Les H who wrote (6938)	9/25/1998 12:39:00 PM
From: ILCUL8R	Respond to of 13994

>>The actual statement from Monica was that Clinton didn't EXPLICITLY TELL HER TO LIE.<< The way I heard it yesterday evening is that Monica said that Clinton did not tell her to lie. The word "explicitly" is the spin that Starr added, it was not what Monica said. Anyway. . . FWIW: (from a female friend in CA) "What do you make of the fact that with all the good colleges in this country, Starr sends his daughter to Stanford? I've heard rumors that Chelsea is thinking about taking a semester off." If this is true, I wonder who made the decision, Starr or his daughter?

To: Les H who wrote (6938)	9/25/1998 1:12:00 PM
From: cool	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Republican leaders want to stop Clinton from raising money!!! (COMTEX) Lott blasts Clinton trip Lott blasts Clinton trip WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) _ Senate Republican leader Trent Lott of Mississippi says that if President Clinton has a problem with the pace of Congress's budget process he should come up to the Hill and help out, instead of leaving town for three days of fund raising. Earlier today, the president signed a supplemental spending bill that will keep the government operating for nine days after the Sept. 30 budget deadline, which Congress seems unlikely to meet. Clinton called the bill, ''a regrettable sign that the majority in Congress has failed to address the urgent priorities of the American people.'' Lott snapped back that the president's remarks came as Clinton, ''runs off for three days of fund raising. He's got to decide, is he the commander in chief or the fund-raiser-in-chief?'' So far this year, the House and Senate have managed to complete only one of the 13 annual appropriations bills, although Lott predicted they could complete final work on eight more by the end of next week. ''This is not the time to be taking gratuitous slaps at us,'' Lott said. ''We need cooperation up here. We need a president who is engaged _ and he is not.'' Lott complained that he has not had a real discussion with the president since the U.S. bombing of alleged terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan last month, and that he has met with White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles only twice. The main reason, he said, is that the president, the Congress, the media and the public have been distracted by the president's personal scandals. But when asked whether the president still had enough credibility left with legislators to work with them effectively, Lott said: ''I really don't know. The only way to find out is for him to try to do it, and he hasn't been willing to do that.'' _- Copyright 1998 by United Press International. All rights reserved. _-

To: Les H who wrote (6938)	9/25/1998 1:14:00 PM
From: cool	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Ashcroft: Clinton Creates Conflict of Interest by Raising Ca Ashcroft: Clinton Creates Conflict of Interest by Raising Campaign Money for House, Senate Candidates WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic candidates who make themselves beholden to the President for campaign money are damaging their credibility as jurors in a potential impeachment proceeding, U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.) said today. Ashcroft called on Democrat candidates for the Senate and House to decline fund-raising help from the President, in order to strengthen public confidence in the integrity of an impeachment proceeding to remove the President from office. "Since when does a likely defendant give money to jurors? It is ridiculous even to ask the question. The answer is, 'Never,'" Ashcroft said. "In an impeachment proceeding, the constitutional role of Senators is to sit as jurors on impeachment articles voted by the House of Representatives. The public must have high confidence in the fairness of the proceedings. For jurors to take campaign money from the defendant, directly and indirectly, inevitably raises questions about whether a conflict of interest has been created. "In a criminal case, a defendant who gives a juror money could be prosecuted for the federal crime of jury tampering and face up to 10 years in prison. The President may already have broken laws, like perjury and obstruction of justice, designed to protect the justice system. He shouldn't become involved in political jury tampering. "Will Americans believe that legislators will handle this case impartially when they have joined with this discredited President at political fund-raisers? To entangle campaign fund-raising with impeachment is bad for public confidence. The bottom line is people who may vote on the case shouldn't take money from a President who faces an impeachment proceeding. "Obviously, in raising money for campaigns and party organizations, the President and First Lady have the opportunity to gain more than the mere political goodwill of people who will vote on impeachment. In the grave situation created by the President's scandalous misconduct, Senate and House candidates should take immediate steps to separate themselves from presidential fund-rasing. If they fail to do so, they will undermine public confidence in their ability to be fair and impartial." The President's announced fund-raising schedule includes campaign events and party "unity" dinners today in San Jose, Calif., (unity dinner with the President) and San Francisco (dinner for Sen. Barbara Boxer, with First Lady); in Chicago (event for Rep. Glenn Poshard, who is running for Illinois Governor). In coming weeks, presidential campaign events are scheduled for Rep. Charles Schumer, Senate candidate in New York (October 12); Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois (Oct. 16); and a unity dinner in St. Louis with Rep. Richard Gephardt, Gov. Mel Carnahan and Senate candidate Jay Nixon (Oct. 16). * end of story *