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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (9920)	1/2/1999 11:32:00 PM
From: Adamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

>>I do not see how they [feminists] can logically square Clinton's behavior with their beliefs- they probably don't even try.<< X, I agree -- they probably don't try. Watching congress debate the articles of impeachment, I was struck by how many referred to the "judgment of history" in these matters. The democrats warned of republicans being judged by history as on a sexual witch hunt for political gain, and republicans countered that they are defending the integrity of the constitution and the rule of law. (to oversimplify and generalize) I humbly suggest that history will judge this whole debacle in the larger context of changing social mores. This is a battle of the moral relativists (democrats) and the moral absolutists (rep's). Republicans are sick of what they see as the moral decay of America (man, I sound like a cliche machine) and to many of them Clinton represents a man with abundant charm and intelligence but little integrity who has become a symbol for this decline. Are they self rightious? Absolutely. Are they hypocritical? Some of them. But I believe they have a strong argument for his removal. History will, I hope, see that the Republicans were overly zealous at times but were sincere in their motivations, by and large. And I hope history will show how many democrats (ie feminists) sacrificed their principles to defend Clinton. BTW, I happen to be Canadian and I likely would have voted for Clinton both times (at the time, not in hindsight) based on his progressive policies. Just my opinion. Regards, Adamson