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

To: JBL who wrote (27580)	1/13/1999 7:05:00 AM
From: jimpit	Respond to of 67261

Excellent post, JBL. Lautenberg's praise will be recorded in history alongside AlGore's profound "...the best president in history..." statement. Fools.

To: JBL who wrote (27580)	1/13/1999 7:54:00 AM
From: jimpit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Another example of an unbiased media... jim ----------------------------------- The Washington Times Inside Politics News and political dispatches from around the nation By Greg Pierce Some repute CNN's Frank Sesno has some interesting standards of journalism. Referring to reports of the much-rumored DNA tests on 13-year-old Danny Williams, whose mother had claimed -- falsely, it turned out -- that the child was fathered by then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, Mr. Sesno said Monday: "Why do we have to tell that to our viewers? Because our viewers also watch Jay Leno, who go on to the Internet, who read the Drudge Report and other outlets out there. It was on the front page of The Washington Times, an extraordinary article where they said we're not even reporting it, but we've got to tell you about this rumor that's out there. ... You know, when I worked for the AP, we didn't report rumors." But when the topic was pornographer Larry Flynt's reporting of accusations in Rep. Bob Barr's 1986 divorce, Mr. Sesno said: "Larry Flynt ... is, whether we like it or not, a publisher of some dimension, of some repute." Copyright © 1999 News World Communications, Inc. ------------------------------------- washtimes.com

To: JBL who wrote (27580)	1/13/1999 8:53:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 67261

JBL, thanks for the article...This passage is what I've seen mostly discussed by reasonable people who don't believe the President should be impeached. <<<A cornerstone of this argument was the assertion that Kenneth Starr's case against Clinton did not concern an offense against the people but was only about a personal failing. It was not about crime; it was about sex, and only sex.>>> Let's think about this... Bribery is a personal crime. You could argue that certain kinds of bribery wouldn't be an offense against the constitution or the country. If a politician bribed a local official for votes. Who is really hurt? How about if they were bribed with campaign contributions to change their vote in Congress? Yet, bribery is clearly laid out as an impeachable offense in the Constitution. Why? I would suggest that perjury is a far worse crime than bribery. Accepting perjury destroy's the foundation the legal system is built on. Does bribery? I would also suggest offering a job to Lewinsky in return for lying in court was a form of bribery. Interesting how you rarely hear this line of reasoning discussed. Michael

To: JBL who wrote (27580)	1/13/1999 9:31:00 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Good article JBL. I loved Lautenbergs comment: <<Lautenberg praised such efforts. "Larry Flynt," he said, "says his mission is against hypocrisy, and, boy, I think that's a pretty good mission.">> larry flynt, missionary for the white house. I wonder if the Reverend Jackson can arrange a choir to back him up. Looks like the fox has been given keys to do some spring cleaning on the chicken coup. You know what his fees will be of course. Great hustle larry. Even though I hate his guts, I can't help but be impressed with his boldness. The hens (Lautenberg) in high places are clueless.

To: JBL who wrote (27580)	1/13/1999 10:41:00 AM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

JBL, I still think its funny that the Whitehouse maintains that this whole impeachment matter is about sex. I thought that Bill Clinton maintains that he never had sex with that woman. Kinda strange how he also maintains that he did not have an improper relationship with that woman, and then later changed the story to "indeed, I did have an inproper relationship with Monica Lewinsky", yet still he says he never lied about anything, even though he answered yes and no to the same question. I think that George Orwell would really enjoy Clinton's rather liberal abuse of language. -John