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

To: jlallen who wrote (10386)	1/21/1999 11:45:00 PM
From: The Irb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

Dollars in Search of Votes and a Prosecutor in Search of Crimes I wrote: ...besides spending inordinate amounts of time impeaching and trying the president (who will eventually be exonerated), the [1998-1999's Congresses'] votes are bought and paid for by campaign contributions from rich individuals and businesses. jlallen wrote: There are plenty of bought and paid for Dems. too. Agreed. It's a bi-partisan problem, so let's fix it, if any spirit of bipartisan co-operation survives the Clinton impeachment & trial. I doubt it. The voice of the common man means little compared to the dollars businesses funnel into the incumbents' campaign funds in hopes of influencing policy. It's little wonder that the Repubs, who've controlled Congress since 1994, have so lost touch with the people that they think bringing Clinton down will actually help them. I think the backlash will give the Dems control of both the Executive and the Legislative branch in 2000. jlallen wrote: Perjury and obstruction, if proven, are felonies. Hopefully Congress would agree that felonious conduct is impeachable. The Republicans proved in late December 1998 that just about anything is impeachable if you want to impeach somebody badly enough. I honestly don't believe all felonies should be grounds for removing a president from office. The state and federal courts can handle felonies just fine after a president leaves office. A felony or a non-felonious abuse of power by a president while he/she is president that directly pertains to the government of the country (e.g. Nixon's cover-up of the Watergate break-in, Nixon's enemies list and use of gov't agencies to spy on his enemies, and Reagan's disobeying the law banning aid to Nicaraguan "contra" rebels) is most certainly grounds for removing a president. Lying about sex most certainly is not. The Irb Austin, Texas P.S. I actually don't like Clinton very much, at least not since he started parroting the Republicans' party line after the 1994 elections. On the other hand, I don't think he's done anything that warrants removal from office. The outcome of the Senate trial will be meaningless after 2000's elections anyway, except for the lasting rancor the Repubs are creating with their seemingly endless hunt to "get" Bill Clinton. The impending anti-Republican backlash is why I'm looking forward to the 21st century. ;-)