Posted on 06/19/2004 11:56:27 AM PDT by Jeff Blogworthy
When asked about the Monica Lewinski affair, former president Clinton said "I did something for the worst possible reason. Just because I could. I think that's just about the most morally indefensible reason anybody could have for doing anything."Clinton also said of the impeachment process: "The whole battle was a badge of honor. I don't see it as a stain, because it was illegitimate."
There's a good explanation. I guess he sees being disbarred for perjury as a badge of honor also. I would have liked to ask a few questions myself. Perhaps it would have gone something like this:
Q - Mr. President, why did you sell U.S. military secrets to the Chinese, giving them nuclear strike capability against us and threatening our national security?Thank you for those enlightening answers Mr. President. There are many other questions I would like answered but we just don't have the time.A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you falsely accuse the good people in the Whitehouse travel office and engage in an active smear campaign against them?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you hinder the investigation of the death of Vincent Foster?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you assemble a database of your political enemies and illegally obtain more than 1000 enemy FBI files?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you use Arkansas State Troopers to recruit women for you while you were governor?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you engage in the unprecedented act of firing all 93 career U.S. Attorneys?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you dishonor the Whitehouse by selling overnight stays in the Lincoln bedroom?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you steal national treasures upon leaving the Whitehouse?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you abuse your power by using the IRS and the FBI against your political enemies?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you perjure yourself?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you engage in smear campaigns against Paul Jones, Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers, using your surrogates to call them things like "lying bimbos," "mentally unstable" and "trailer trash?"
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you violate the constitution by signing a retroactive tax increase into law?
A - "Just because I could."
Q - Why did you pardon so many criminals, including fugitive Marc Rich, just before leaving the Whitehouse?
A - "Just because I could."
"Just because I could." = "Because I have the power."
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