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Alberto Torchio wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Thank you for giving me the opportunity to write about the subject.
>
> > Why is the European community more dissatisfied with the "report"
> and those
> > doing the reporting, than the one who did the acts being reported
> on? I'm
> > curious.
>
> 1. We Europeans certainly don't understand why should a president be
> investigated about
> his sexual life. One of the makers of the European Union, M.
> Mitterand, president of
> France, had a mistress and had a daughter from her. Nobody cared! He
> was criticized for
> his acting in politics, not in bed! Furthermore, how much money was
> spend to carry on
> the investigation?
This was not about his sexual life, it was about a pattern of lying to
the people, destroying
their faith in his honesty.
>
>
> 2. We don't understand why should anyone care about the fact that he
> lied about his
> affair with a Ms Lewinsky. Who shouldn't have done the same? Does
> tha fact that he lied
> make his politics any worse?
It is hard for me to see what could make his politics any worse. How
can we now say weknow when he is telling the truth.
>
>
> 3. We certainly don't understand why should he resign just because
> he lied about the
> affair. Don't all politicians lie? Hasn't anyone read Machiavelli?
> He's certainly lied
> before and on things that are most important. I'm sure he did,
> because nobody should be
> so naive about the fact that he might have reached the presidency
> without ever lying!
>
Maybe it is considered desirable somewhere in this world for
politicians to be dishonest,but not here. We are not naive enough to
think it never happens. You should not be so naive
to think we should not, or would not eliminate it when it occurs.
> 4. We don't understand why he should be impeached. Do the facts look
> like the Watergate?
> And how about Reagan and the Iran Contras case?
>
Yes in some ways it does look like Watergate.
> 5. As always, people are fooled by the media. And irresponsible
> politicans try to make
> bad things even worse!
>
Do not be fooled by what you hear on CNN. The only one responsible
for this debacle isBill Clinton, and in this republic we have
mechanisms for dealing with this problem.
The congress and senate may or may not impeach and convict him. He may
not do the
honorable thing and resign.
I can but hope.
Barry
> Alberto Torchio
> Torino, Italy
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