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

To: jbe who wrote (19363)	12/14/1998 4:32:00 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 67261

People are constantly confusing the impeachment process with a criminal process. In a criminal process the state is attacking a private citizen. What we have here is the state attempting to police itself. Of course, if Clinton had had the guts to admit to fooling around with Lewinsky when the cat was first let out of the bag, we would probably all have been spared this spectacle... Precisely.

To: jbe who wrote (19363)	12/14/1998 4:35:00 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Hmmmm, Joan. You didn't write "alleged crimes" you wrote alleged "crimes". I merely pointed out that by using italics only on crimes as you did, it is a not too subtle attempt to minimize the nature of what is being called a "crime". Perjury, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering are felonies (crimes). So if you want to maintain the redundancy of spelling out "alleged crimes" with quotation marks, at least be consistent(both words). All crimes accused until proven are alleged, you don't need quotation marks to somehow further emphasize that fact, but somehow, I don't think that was your intent. <edit>, BTW, this is the second time I've called you on your usage of this literary device. bp