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To: space cadet who wrote (1935)	12/15/1998 5:51:00 PM
From: Stephen	Respond to of 99985

space cadet, I was a little less than detailed in what I meant by my points: a) the negative tone will not pass quickly because the ongoing trial will supposedly carry on for 3-4 months minimally with massive coverage. Personally I would consider the coverage a big yawn and feel others may to ... but comparisons with the OJ Simpson trial have been made b) I personally do not believe the markets like lame duck Presidents in office as it lessens the confidence in the resolution of surfacing problems ... but you would no doubt have a better idea of that than myself so I will defer c) Iraq is just one of the potential problems .... and there is a feeling that the US, in the past, has almost preferred the devil they know than the one they don't. Saddam, a moslem, is a minority Sunni, when the majority of the nationals are Shi-ites. The fear is that there would be a rise in fundamentalism with Iran & Iraq making a joint alliance to undermine the US if Saddam was taken out. This may explain some of the past indecision as to 'real' targets, and the hope that a Ghaddafi solution could be managed. Time will tell whether Clinton gets impeached or not. Given the fickle nature of things, I wouldn't want to count my chickens ! Regards Stephen

To: space cadet who wrote (1935)	12/16/1998 12:03:00 AM
From: Carl R.	Respond to of 99985

space cadet, the President that was impeached was Andrew Johnson, not Jackson. He took over for Lincoln when Lincoln was shot. Interestingly he was impeached by his own party. Lincoln would have wanted to mend the wounds with the South after the civil war, and Johnson tried to carry out this mission, but did not have the popularity of his predecessor. The Republicans in Congress wanted to punish the South, so they impeached him. In the end the Republicans did mis-treat the South, and the South remained solidly Democrat until Nixon. Carl