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Re: "The Seduction of a President" by Kenneth Starr



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I agree with you Brooke.  Lying is bad anytime.  Adultery is also against the will of God.  But to impeach a President, I feel he has to break the law.  Lying under oath in a Court of Law is that law breaking.

Don

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On 9/16/98, at 8:16 PM, Brookemail@xxxxxxx wrote: 

>In a message dated 9/16/98 4:45:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>daringdon@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>> It's not the act, although its morally wrong.  It was the lying under oath, 
>> Perjury, that I feel should be reason for impeachment.  If you or I lied 
>> under oath, and were caught, we would be in jail.  Is he above the law?
>>  
>>  Don
>
>How about lying, but not under oath? Idaho Rep. Helen Chenoweth denied her
>affair when first confronted with it in 1995, a reporter for the Spokane
>Spokesman-Review says. Or is it just lying under oath that you're conveniently
>concerned about? Are the vows of marriage an oath? Is an affair in itself a
>lie, when your spouse doesn't know about it? Did Reps. Dan Burton and Henry
>Hyde in effect lie to their familes? Or are you concerned only about lying to
>prosecutors? Are you concerned about character? "This hypocrite broke up my
>family," says the former husband of a woman who reportedly had an affair with
>Hyde. Which is worse, lying before a prosecutor, or lying before God?
>
>http://ww1.salonmagazine.com/news/1998/09/cov_16newsb.html
>
>http://ww1.salonmagazine.com/news/1998/09/16newsc.html
>
>What a can of worms that zealous prosecutor has opened. 
>
>Can we please have the stars and stripes back, without Mr. Starr?
>
>Brooke