To: Neocon who wrote (37153 ) 3/7/1999 3:54:00 AM From: Daniel Schuh Read Replies (2) | Respond to
Mid '80s, Neocon. Who was in charge of China policy then? Have you no shame? Rhetorical question, of course. While you're at it, maybe you could explain how contra drug running through the Mena airport was all Clinton's fault, too.cgi.pathfinder.com Now there is the whole question of Juanita Broaddrick, a 51-year-old Arkansas nurse who denies under oath the Jones team's claim that Clinton raped her or ever made improper advances. Revealing her name, as Jones' lawyers did on Saturday, is "part of a continuing effort to taint the jury pool," according to Bennett. Wright's problem: In a hypersensitive case like this, any ruling she makes looks political. Her most likely solution: Endure this claim and counterclaim for another two months, and let the jury decide. newsweek.com The Broaddrick story helps explain why House GOP leaders seemed so passionate in their hatred of Clinton. They thought he was a rapist, though they knew they couldn't prove it. They could have fashioned an impeachment charge for assault (the statute of limitations would not have applied to impeachment), but they didn't dare. The story was old, and Henry Hyde and company didn't want to subpoena Broaddrick and subject her to cross-examination. So they decided to have her story spread privately, to poison the well secretly and impeach the president in part for something he wasn't charged with. Later, they pressured the media to roll the Broaddrick grenade into the Senate trial, with the hope that public opinion might change and the Senate might convict him for being a bad, immoral man. How fair. How constitutional. Back in the Bush Administration, press reports revealed the corrupt use of U.S. Government grain guarantees to help Saddam Hussein build his war machine before he surprised us by invading Kuwait. When the Justice Department shyly turned away, the need arose for independent counsel to explore "Iraqgate."
