Regnad Kcin
Penultimate Amazing
Well, that's convenient. Why not respond to my points rather than dodge them under cover of some nebulous suspicion?
And I demonstrated how "fair" was "exactly" what your questions weren't.
That the answer, for you, is an "easy yes" is troubling.
Never mind that Ms. Lewinsky initiated the consensual affair with Mr. Clinton, are you aware of what constitutes sexual harassment?
While it's charming that people tend to invest romantic characteristics on various inanimate objects, dispassionately speaking, it's just a nice little room.
I'm loathe to rehash this; the situation presented complexities that resist snap judgments. But just one illustration, if I may.
1) Are you a law-abiding citizen?
2) Have you ever driven a vehicle over the speed limit?
Then you are in error. Impeachment is for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Would you consider a lie about what you had for lunch equal in importance to one about whether or not you stole the lunch? Naturally the answer is no, some lies relate to matters of more import than others. So, too, were President Clinton's, who was understandably hoping to avoid embarrassment for both him and his family. And on a matter of private behavior.
Incidentally, I'm heartened by Mr. Schwarzeneggar's denunciation of the specious attacks on and impeachment of Mr. Clinton.
I raised the issue to demonstrate my tendancy to avoide assumptions prior to making assertions. By all accounts, we can gather that the Clinton's marriage is not open, otherwise their behavior might have been significantly different, both at the time of the revelations and in the years since. In any event, I am unconcerned about what a person does in private so long as it does not conflict with their official duties.
Would I prefer that Mr. Clinton hadn't made such a boneheaded error? Of course. But his (or anyone's) human failings do not necessarily provide a rationale for dismissing the person's good works. By the same token, Mr. Bush's apparent marital fidelity does not automatically elevate his job performance above scrutiny.
Should it be found that Arnold Schwarzeneggar has one or more pretty young skeletons in his closet, I fear that a lot of people will be very happy to attempt to strike up the band with a rousing rendition of "Republican Hypocrisy." And it's a safe prediction that they in turn will all sing variations on the "It's Different 'Cause Clinton Lied Under Oath" oldie. But it's to the detriment of our system that time should ever be wasted by any one of those who just can't carry a tune in the first place.
