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

To: Jack Be Quick who wrote (30126)	1/27/1999 2:10:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 67261

Actually, the Washington Post had a front page article today about a focus group. It found that most of them thought that Clinton was a liar and a cad, and that he ought to be punished in some way. However, most of them were afraid of the consequences of removal, and few of them trusted Gore. This comports well with the low personal approval ratings that the President has, the fact that most people think he lied under oath and that he did what Paula Jones alleged, and the fact that most think that he ought to at least suffer censure. So, although the charges tossed about by the Dems have done some damage, most people do not think that it is ONLY a partisan witch- hunt. Does that mean that they are right, and that Bill is in fact guilty? Anyway, the common perception of something is not necessarily the most elegant, which is why conspiracy theories are popular.

To: Jack Be Quick who wrote (30126)	1/27/1999 2:20:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 67261

By the way, I had lunch with a handful of conservative journalists and think- tankers a couple of months before the Lewinsky hit the fan, but as the Jones case was moving forward. No one said "Oh goody, now we'll get him", or "Now we can trap Slick", or "This'll go some way towards damaging his ability to lead", or anything else of the sort. Most believed Paula, because Bill seems like that kind of guy, and the discussion revolved around which was worse, the exposure of his penis without invitation, or the use of the trooper to retrieve a state employee he intended to hit on. In other words, they were appalled at Clinton, not full of glee about getting him. But, of course, that was only one group of conservatives, and I could be throwing "neo- b.s.".