Posted on 07/10/2004 3:50:33 PM PDT by wagglebee
I can't help but think about how the 'rats hero, John F. Kennedy, wrote "Profiles in Courage" about men who destroyed their own political careers in order to do what they knew to be the just and moral thing.
How far down we have come. There is now a former president who writes a book about how he lied and did what he knew was wrong in order to save his political career.
Clean? Live steam couldn't get the slime off this putrid punk.
unfortunately, the office of the presidency is soiled forever.
For certain the carpet was ruined.
Well, he did get to keep his office. He lost it for his party on the next go around though, and possibly for a long time to come.
Hopefully!
Bill Clinton Finally Comes Clean
If my memory serves me correctly it was Janet Reno’s option to ask Ken Star to take on this additional investigation or to appoint another special prosecutor. If this is the case then obviously Ken Star was intended to be the straw man all along.
Not forever... It just needs to be occupied by a good man..
The phrase you're looking for, Blubba is "I am a big fat liar."
One of three things would have to happen:
1. Hillary divorces him and he is free to openly be the rogue he really is.
2. Hillary loses a presidential election or it is clear she will never be nominated, and the Clinton's political careers are effectively over.
3. Hillary becomes president, serves her term (or two) and leaves office, then the charade can end. This would suck!
Only HE could have gotten by with this and remained in office. Truly a remarkable period in our History. Even Ronald Reagan would not have survived a Paula Jones/Monica Lewinsky type scandal, because of course, he was a Republican.
This is a bit shocking if you think about it. Clinton just admitted how close we came to having the second President resign in disgrace.
And yet still not being reported by the mainstream media. So, as far as their concerned, it didn't happen. Only us astute, political junkie conservatives see it. Great post though.
For that, you win a link. Here it is: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/books/electivedecisions.shtml.
Chris
I have had an opportunity in the past to speak with Ken Starr about this and he confirmed that his initial interest in pursuing the Lewinsky scandal was because the coverup was the same modus operandi, with the same players (Vernon Jordan, et al), as was the coverup that silenced Webster Hubbell when he "rolled over" for the clinton's on Whitewater, having previously agreed to talk.
Star was going after the pattern of corruption and perversion of justice.
I was at Borders and freeped the shrine to Clinton. First, I found a pro-Bush book and an anti-Kerry book and put them in the middle of the shrine and then, and this was the best, I took the books from the "New Non-Fiction" rack and put them on the "New Fiction."
I don't know CR ...that first few days the story broke.....I think his resigning was very close.
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