To: Borzou Daragahi who wrote (24690 ) 12/28/1998 1:52:00 AM From: Bob Lao-Tse Read Replies (2) | Respond to
>>He shouldn't be allowed to violate a law that you and I cannot violate. The question is, once he has violated it, how do you make the punishment fit the crime? Many Americans simply believe that though Clinton should be punished for his actions, they do not rise to the level of impeachable offenses. only "punishment" at our disposal is impeachment. And, as has been previously shouted into the void on this and other threads, impeachment was never meant to be a "punishment." It is simply a method for removing an unfit person from an important office. And (thankfully) it doesn't matter what many Americans think. It was left up to the Congress to decide if a president is unfit, and yes, they then have to potentially take the heat for that decision. That is the nature of a republic. As for "punishment" that is something that will (I fervently hope) be decided in the criminal proceedings brought against him after he's out of office. And, when it gets right down to it, that is the only really important part of this whole thing. Bill Clinton must face the same consequences that anyone else who committed the same crime would face. must face the same charges that anyone else would face. All people must continue to be equal under the law, even Presidents.
