MM>For the independent council, aganst clinton, i had an idea to prevent 
MM>conflict of intrest. how about a pannel of 4 majority house/senate memb
MM>and 3 minority house/senate members and we will have no conflict of int
MM>when we investigate a president again...
 
         I really don't believe a conflict of interest exists with
Judge Starr who himself was selected by Janet Reno to conduct the
investigation.  What we are experiencing is another of those Slick
Willy type diversions to shift public attention from himself to someone
else.  I would not at all put it beyond the Clinton administration
itself to being the source of the "leaks" in an attempt to discredit
Judge Starr and focus everyone on the investigator rather than upon the
person being investigated. 
          What is upsetting the Clinton administration is that Judge
Starr has uncovered incriminating evidence that Clinton has no ability
to evade.  We are seeing the same reaction to Starr by Clinton that we
saw to Archibald Cox by Nixon when Cox began to zero in on criminal
charges.  
          The only conflict of interest that exists at this point is
the conflict of interest that exists between Clinton's attempts to
obstruct justice and function as president of the United States.  The
solution to that conflict, of course, is for Clinton to do the
honorable thing a go ahead and resign from office.  However, unlike
Judge Starr, I seriously doubt Clinton would, for the first time in his
life, reverse himself and do the honorable thing.  He will continue to
mislead, misdirect, discredit all who get in his way, and spew out bold
faced lies to the American people until the evidence of his crimes and
his incredibility become so transparent that even his own Cabinet and
closest advisors abandon him.  At that point he may come up with a
phoney excuse to step down for "health reasons" or "family reasons",
never admitting to the bitter end, the slighest degree of personal
responsibility. 
 
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