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

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (21777)	12/18/1998 8:50:00 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 67261

washingtonpost.com washingtonpost.com Either he attacked when he did to divert attention or to avoid being stopped by diplomatic overtures by the UN Security Council or both.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (21777)	12/18/1998 9:14:00 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Liberals Rally, Torn by War and Impeachment Related Articles The Congress: A Bitter Clash Among House Members on the Timing of the Impeachment Vote Issue in Depth: President Under Fire Issue in Depth: Attack on Iraq Forum Join a Discussion on The Impeachment Debate By STEVEN A. HOLMES ASHINGTON -- On a day when everyone in Washington seemed to have a beef, Karen Dolan had two. Standing at a rally outside the Capitol Thursday morning, Ms. Dolan held two signs aloft. "Stop the Impeachment!" read one. "Stop the Bombing!" urged the other. "I'm not a supporter of Clinton. I'm an independent, though I prefer Clinton over a Republican," said Ms. Dolan, a project director at the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal research and advocacy organization in Washington. "But what upsets me is the way that the Constitution and the will of the people are being disregarded. "I think the same thing about the bombing of Iraq. It was done unilaterally, without the mandate of the Security Council. So I think both the bombing and the impeachment process are illegal." A crowd of about 3,000 people rallied outside the Capitol Thursday, demanding that the House halt its effort to impeach President Clinton. But with the twin issues of war and impeachment consuming Washington, many at this overwhelmingly liberal gathering found themselves often criticizing the same man they were staunchly defending. "You can't justify impeachment on what most people consider kind of superfluous charges -- lying about a sexual relationship," said Omar Abdul of Washington as he stood near the speakers' platform on the east side of the Capitol. "But the bombing of a country is a serious matter and generally the people who suffer are civilians." Across the country, other Democratic liberals were facing their own clash of values and trying to figure out which was worse, war or impeachment. While hundreds of people gathered in downtown San Francisco Wednesday night for an anti-impeachment rally sponsored by San Francisco's political and religious leaders, several hundred others were gathering several blocks away for a rally against the bombing. "I think the bombing sort of dampens our feelings, but we have to concentrate on the impeachment," said Jane Morrison, a member of a Democratic committee that conducts campaigns for various nominees in local, state and national elections. "We have to concentrate on letting the Republicans know that they will pay if they disregard the will of the people." To be sure, the Washington rally, organized by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and a coalition of trade unions, women's groups and other liberal organizations, featured a host of speakers who sharply criticized Republicans for moving toward impeachment. "This is clinical," Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said of the House Republicans' desire to impeach the president. "It's pathological because they don't even care that they're going to pay a price in 2,000. Their hatred is complete and they are consumed by it." Yet, the gathering also pointed out Clinton's shaky relationship with his own party's left wing. Having disagreed with the president on issues like welfare reform, crime policy, the North American Free Trade Agreement and military actions in the Persian Gulf, many on the left of the party are now finding themselves in the uncomfortable position of defending him. "The right looks at Clinton and they see us," said Robert Borosage, a fellow with the Institute for Policy Studies and an adviser to Jackson during his 1988 presidential campaign. "They see anti-war, gay rights, pro-choice, civil rights. But when we look at him, we don't see us at all. "But," Borosage added, "we can't let the right wing win. He' ain't much. But he's all we got."