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Politics : The Republican Crash 1999 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rsie who wrote (179)	12/14/1998 4:10:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 609

From the original post of the thread: >>Despite all the obvious signs that people don't want to see Bill Clinton impeached or removed from office, the Republicans in Congress seem hell bent on one or both of those. The prospect of a six month trial, consuming the energies and focus of ALL three branches of the government and potentially paralyzing the U.S. ability to conduct effective economic policies is pretty scary.<< What hogwash! The idea that such a trial would shut down the government for 6 months is just plain silly. I've heard estimates of how long the trial might take 4 - 6 weeks and it won't be the only thing going on -- certainly it will consume the attention of only a very small fraction of the governments attention. The Clinton administration is just trying to scare people from voting their conscience. Gosh keeping the congress occupied for a little while might be a side benefit. The truth is, on a day to day basis, congress and the president don't really do that much in running the government.