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

To: Joe Wagner who wrote (24319)	12/23/1998 4:41:00 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 67261

Resignation would be fair.

To: Joe Wagner who wrote (24319)	12/23/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

<<The only side I wish to be on is the side of fairness and proportionality and I see the whole nature of this situation as intrinsically unfair and out of proportion.>> bc is in a position of national trust. The oath of office he takes is underwritten with the trust of the people who support him in that office. It is fair to withdraw your support of a person who is in a position of trust when you know that he has breached that trust in a way that puts further issues of trust in doubt. What you might find unproportional is the measure of consequence that bc receives for lying about sex, in comparison to what the average citizen would receive. I don't see it as unproportional. If I am lied to by an average citizen, I would not likely put myself in harms way by allowing them to handle serious issues that could effect my livelyhood in the future. bc has assumed a great deal of responsibility to handle decisions that effect me personally. I withdraw my support and believe the right thing for him to do, now that we know we cannot trust him is to resign. If he is not willing to do that, the consequenses are as much his own making as it is "politics as ussual."