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

To: jlallen who wrote (26858)	1/9/1999 2:15:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Right JLA. You must be just impossible to find if Butchie didn't ring you up. Maybe she already has a good lawyer.

To: jlallen who wrote (26858)	1/9/1999 2:15:00 PM
From: jimpit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

JLA, My apologies if this was posted already. Lately, there's been so many posts, I can't possibly read them all. jim ------------------------------- The Washington Times Inside the Beltway Political tidbits and other shenanigans from around the nation's capital By John McCaslin THE WASHINGTON TIMES Drive liberals crazy One hallmark of liberals is they don't have a sense of humor and are unwilling to hear their arguments thrown back at them. Steve Frank, president of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, is one person who's tired of the "lame answers" offered by his favorite Republicans when Democrats make impassioned pleas for Bill Clinton's right to harass women and break laws. So, Mr. Frank has taken to distributing a handy guide of "snappy answers," for use when Democrats bring up twisted sound bites that are supposed to persuade Americans to let Mr. Clinton off the hook. "Use them well, use them often," he suggests to Inside the Beltway readers. "But above all, use them." Without further ado, the usual statements, followed by the seldom-heard answers: 1) This is just about a president having a private affair. This is about the right of a president to molest an innocent American woman, attack her with taxpayer-paid attorneys if she dares to complain, and lie under oath when she finally gets her day in court. These are the rights Democrats are fighting for. 2) This is just about sex. Rape is just about sex, robbery is just about money, murder is just a misunderstanding. 3) Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky testified that they didn't have sex and nobody told her to lie. So, if they both lie, that makes it the truth? 4) According to his personal definition of sex, he doesn't think he lied. So therefore, he didn't lie. You mean a criminal now has the right to redefine his crime? What a novel legal concept: "I didn't steal the money, I borrowed it. I didn't rape her, I borrowed her. I didn't kill him, your honor, his head hit my baseball bat." 5) He may have committed perjury, but he shouldn't be impeached. Tell me, what crime can a president commit? 6) Does this rise to the level of impeachment? Gee, let's see, perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, abuse of power. Impeachment? This rises to the level of jail. 7) The economy is doing great. So, the better the economy, the more crimes he can commit? If we get 5 percent growth, do we allow a president to knock off a liquor store? 8) We need his leadership. It's impossible to lead the country when you can't follow the laws of the land. 9) A panel of historians says he should stay in office. A panel of liberal historians from liberal colleges who love liberal presidents. 10) Distinguished professors say he shouldn't be impeached. The only thing distinguished about them is their blind love of the Democratic Party ... and Karl Marx. 11) We should forgive Mr. Clinton. I can forgive the bus driver who goes over the cliff with a busload of kids. But I'll take away his license. 12) This will put the country through hell. When a president breaks the law, the country goes through hell. 13) This will damage the nation. Oh, so just let the president keep breaking the law. That's better? 14) The Republicans caused this. Bill Clinton caused this. 15) Republicans are just being partisan. Democrats are defending a lawbreaking president from their own party. Who is being partisan? 16) This is part of a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy. The Republicans couldn't organize a barbecue. 17) The Peter Rodino hearings were fair. Mr. Rodino was canned because he was blatantly partisan. Fortunately, the 1970s Republicans were willing to punish a lawbreaking president from their own party. 18) Hillary has shown what a strong woman she is. If Hillary were a strong woman, she'd have left him. She is a horrible role model for young women. 19) Other nations are laughing at us. Other nations don't take baths. Other nations let their leaders rape women. Other nations kill citizens who dissent. America is the greatest nation on Earth because we all obey the same laws. 20) The polls show most of the nation wants him to stay in office. The polls didn't support the civil rights laws, either. Should we revoke them? 21) Last election, the people spoke and told us they don't want impeachment. Bill Clinton wasn't running in the last election. And if anyone paid attention, there was a 13 percent swing of women voting toward Republicans. 22) $40 million and all we have is this? If Mr. Clinton told the truth, this investigation would have cost a couple hundred bucks and box of pizza. 23) He's sorry. He's sorry he got caught. 24) He apologized. He hasn't admitted his crime. 25) He is a popularly elected president. So was Richard Nixon. John McCaslin can be reached at 202/636-3284 or e-mail him at Mccasl@twtmail.com. -------------------------------------------