Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

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

To: George Coyne who wrote (29599)	1/24/1999 9:50:00 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

George, The early "Boink" days were fun, weren't they? :-) But I disagree that some kind of "compromise" should be made on principle, to supposedly preserve "worthwhile GOP goals". They should be able to stand independently on their own! Far be it from me to disparage anyone who makes a principled stand on any issue, whether or not I'm in agreement. I just think that in politics, in particular, one needs to pick and choose the battles to be fought and the playing field on which to fight them. The GOP made a bad choice here, IMO. I'm not a passionate partisan on the impeachment issue and I comment from an objective viewpoint. Everyone pretty much agrees that Clinton won't be removed from office. Are Republican principles truly being served by dragging this affair on and on and committing political suicide in the process? The public knows Clinton is a sleazebag and a liar. They knew it when they voted for him. A large percentage of them don't want him removed from office. Perjury and obstruction of justice are indeed serious matters and if they had occurred under any circumstance other than in relation to a consensual sexual affair, he would be long gone. Worthwhile GOP goals are being lost in this ongoing doomed impeachment process. Rightly or wrongly, moderates and swing voters perceive this as a political vendetta and RR sexual witch hunt rather than a principled stand. I truly do admire the GOP for standing on principle, but I think they chose the wrong battle in the wrong venue and they will pay for it and that makes me sad. Regards, JB