[Cicero]

I'm afraid that, nice as this article sounds, it simply isn't true.

As you say, they would have nailed Nixon regardless of what he did. In fact, exactly what did he do? Nobody really knows, other than the fact that he was a shifty-eyed Republican with five-o'clock shadow.

Clinton could not have told the truth about 95% of the things he did, or he would have been thrown in the slammer on multiple felony charges. "Oh, yes, I raped Juanita Broaddrick, but I'm sorry"? Or, "Sure, I gave the orders to kill Vince Foster and Ron Brown, but they deserved it."

As for Lott, of course it was a joke: '"When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it," he emphatically declared. "And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years."' Lott didn't vote for Strom Thurmond, he was 7 years old at the time. This was a joke at an old man's birthday party--in poor taste, I admit, but hardly a federal crime.

[dirtboy]

This was a joke at an old man's birthday party--in poor taste, I admit, but hardly a federal crime.

The Clintons managed to define deviancy downward - the standard of conduct for being president went from avoiding even the appearnce of impropriety downwards to having enough doubt exist to hang a jury. Lott did not commit a crime, but as Majority Leader, I would hope that folks expect him to hew to a higher standard - what he said was just plain idiotic and reflective of a person unsuitable for such an important leadership position.