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Lionel,
"Anyone causing
this to happen, or contributing to it in any self-righteous way, should
be roundly condemned (whether hiding behind the law, or not) for
bringing shame on the dignity of the American people."
Only one person caused this and he occupies the oval office.
"Let well alone and don't allow
witch-hunts to ruin your national identity, and role in the world.
If you really feel you have to nail someone in high office, wait until
he is separated from that high office, for everyone's sake.
This from an outsider and is only MHO."
Lionel, good question . What makes this country as great as it is is that
our presidents do not make or break our country. We do not ride on their
backs, They ride on ours. This president no longer has the credibility to
make the kinds of decisions that might need to be made by a superpower. Can
he stand in front of this nation and send it's young men to die in a war
that he asks us to trust him on? Does he play scared and back off when Iraq
or North Korea builds missles because he's too worried about his approval
ratings ? Your question was a good one Lionel but the answer to it is that
this country is too great to have to put up with someone like that. We can
survive his fall.
Richie
-----Original Message-----
From: michael <epitrope@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: "The Seduction of a President" by Kenneth Starr
>Lionel
>I agree with your comments below, and make one or two (hopefully
>sympathetic) observations as someone outside the American culture:
>1. Bill Clinton as a human male is one thing, and probably rightly now
>faces the music for foolish decisions. But the Office of the President
>is the one really copping the flack, and that induces in me a vicarious
>feeling of shame for all of you. This sort of washing should not be
>hung out for the world to deride (or, as the Arabic world describes it,
>to be "naked in the marketplace" having no dignity). Anyone causing
>this to happen, or contributing to it in any self-righteous way, should
>be roundly condemned (whether hiding behind the law, or not) for
>bringing shame on the dignity of the American people.
>2. If formal charges of impeachment are actually brought against the
>President, do not all your revered (but red-blooded) presidents of the
>past ipso facto stand condemned also. Some of their libidinous
>exploits are pretty well documented. Let well alone and don't allow
>witch-hunts to ruin your national identity, and role in the world.
>If you really feel you have to nail someone in high office, wait until
>he is separated from that high office, for everyone's sake.
>This from an outsider and is only MHO.
>Michael
>Any replies offlist, please.
>
>Lionel Issen wrote:
>>
>> Bill:
>>
>> On the one hand you have a point or two.
>>
>>
>>
>> The investigation started with Whitewater, nothing was found. So we did
>> find that Clinton has his brains hanging out. Incidentally one of our
most
>> lecherous presidents was a republican, so what.
>>
>> This so-called investigation and report has made us the laughing stock of
>> the world and has seriously weakened our influence and ability to
influence
>> events. It will also weaken the ability and power of presidents in the
>> future, no matter what party they belong to.
>>
>> Kenneth Starr has done his party and our country a great diservice.
>>
>> Lionel
>>
>>
>
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