JS>Let me clarify. BUT for the fact he is the President, therefore CIC, an
JS>therefore a, God help me for saying this, role model (shudder), his 
JS>behavior should be at the highest standard. If he were NOT President, t
JS>this would be a matter between him and Hillary. 
 
       Normally I would agree, and for myself, a portion of the
criteria I use to vote for a President is based upon the type of
leadership and character an individual can bring into the Oval Office. 
Obviously, for these, and many other reasons, I gave no consideration
to Clinton when I cast my own vote, but despite his less that
acceptable, to me, personal record, and in the face of swirling
accusations of affair after affair, and even with his own
acknowledgement of infidelity, the people proceeded to elect him to be
their President.
        Despite the fact that you and I believe the President fo the
United States ought be a role model for others, it appears the majority
of Americans disagree with us.  At least, I would hope, those that
voted for Clinton did not do so with his being a role model for others
in mind.
JS>There are those who support him who say just that. There's one woman in
JS>office who believes that since we "mortals" are, as a society, immoral,
JS>then how can we expect our President to be moral.
  
       I would suggest to her that while human, the President of the
United States ought be selected from among the best of what this nation
has to offer.  His character ought be a major point of consideration in
the selction of a President and he, or she, should be someone we can
look up to, not someone we would be embarassed to be in the same room
with.
JS>That worries me because what she is saying is that we're all bad theref
JS>we can't expect any better from our leaders.
 
       I reject he assumption that we are all bad.  I, most certianly,
could not withstand the test of character that a President should be
able to withstand, but I would suggest that there are many, highly
qualified, capable, individuals who could.
JS>My belief is the opposite. The fact that he IS our leader, he should be
JS>held to the highest standards. 
 
     I agree.
JS>She appears to be a proponent of the dumbing down of America.
 
     Or, at the very least, she believes that the character a man
demonstrates in his private life can somehow be separated from the
character he will demonstrate in public affairs.  I, for one. do not
believe character is modular proposition.
JS>Exactly. So where's Patricia Ireland and the rest of the NAG gang? Sile
JS>VERY silent. Why? Because to a LIbEral, the ends justify the means. Or 
JS>put it another way, they're willing to compromise their ideals, their 
JS>beliefs, their core thoughts, for the political and financial power the
JS>crave. It puts them in par with a $20 whore peddling herself on any 
JS>American main street. No, actually lower, since the whore admits what s
JS>is up front. These people cloak themselves in righteous idignation and 
JS>elitism. 
 
        You are making the assumption, I suggest false, that the
Clinton administration has ideals, beliefs, and core thoughts.  I would
suggest they have none and that they very the accumulation and exercise
of power to be both a means and an end in itself.  Clinton is, in every
sense of the word, the consumate politician, the ultimate production of
the modern political era...robo-pres.
JS>You could be right. We would have to have Clinton resign first which is
JS>highly unlikely before we'd see what Gore would do. 
 
     If circumstances become such that resignation is unavoidable and
Clinton does resign you can count on one thing for sure, it will not be
a clean resignation with an assumption of personal responsibility like
Nixon's was.  For sure there will be another, final, PR blitz and a
cover story like "for reasons of health", or "for family reasons", with
broad based appeals for sympathy being harped by legions of spin
doctors.
JS>Despite Sam Donaldson saying last week Clinton's problem would come to 
JS>head in a matter of days and not weeks or months, it isn't going to be 
JS>easy. 
 
     No, but Judge Starr is quitely working away and since he's not
conducting a media blitz nor working polls to see what he should say or
not say it's hard to tell exactly what he has and where he's at.  He's
out there quietily doing the job, collecting evidence and preparing a
case.  When he's ready he'll go before the Grand Jury and ask for an
indictment.  It appears one sided at this point with the Clinton
administration pulling every publicity string imaginable and dropping
little hints and leaks right and left to make Clinton look like an
abused child, but we have to remember, Judge Starr is playing this
game.  He doesn;t have the resources or inclination to do so, and while
Clinton's media strategy is in full swing and the polls are rising,
Judge Starr is out there quietly looking for the breaker box.
JS>Some in the press are a bit peeved with Billy Bob. They trusted him, we
JS>to bat for him, made excuses for him and got dumped on by him in this 
JS>latest scandal.
 
        And now he's slowly winning them back.  It's a game between the
impressions Clinton can create and the truth.  Clinton can hold off the
tide for a while as it ebbs and flows, but when the dike breaks (no pun
intended), the press is going to have a field day and strike back with
a rightous vengence after being so manipulated.
JS>To put the issue at hand in clear focus, and to paraphrase the Klint
JS>slogan, "It's the issue of Perjury stupid!"
 
       Yep.
JS> 
JS>And if given a choice between the facts and truth vs. spin doctors, med
JS>hype, etc. the truth and facts lose out each and every time. Because we
JS>tend, as a nation, to vote Dow Jones and not Paula Jones. 
 
       Until the gavel falls...  It's hard to deploy spin doctors in a
court of law.
JS>And therein lies the rub to the feminists. What the American public is 
JS>saying is "it's OK for a married man to have an affair with a woman you
JS>enough to be his daughter". They condone it. They condone serial adulte
JS>They condone euthanasia, abortion, drug use, teenage pregnancies, etc. 
JS>why is this so hard to believe?
JS>I've had one of the lawyers in my office tell me that there's no black 
JS>white but varying shades of grey. I told him that he's willing to 
JS>compromise his beliefs and morals for the good life and therefore is lo
JS>than a street hooker. That didn't go over very well. I also told him th
JS>there are some things in life that ARE black and white. Right and wrong
JS>an example.  
JS>This issue is going to be as devisive as the OJ Simpson trials. 
 
     Even after it's over, and I don't think final clouser will ever
take place, the nation will remain divided, but I do believe as the
evidence mounts and once Judge Starr is prepared to prosecute with
irrfutable evidence, Clinton will find a medical or family reason to
resign.  Gore will pardon him, and the next news story will grab the
headlines as we forget about this and end up perpetually debating
whether Clinton was a crook or just a victim of circumstances. 
 
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