First off, you do not have permission to tell me what I do or don't believe in. Learn how to punctuate correctly before you go popping off at the mouth about what someone believes in. If you want to know what I believe in, just ask. Never assume.
And you also can't see that's Exactly the way it was played by the last administration.
What I "see" is that is why we on the Right had our heads handed to us over impeachment. Ask yourself, how could we, who held the correct position on Clinton's behavior, find ourselves being raked over the coals when it was Clinton who was obviously guilty?
Answer: POLITICS.
We were speaking different languages. We took the pious road. They engaged in trench warfare. We played checkers. They played chess.
Sadly, we lost.
Why did we lose? Because we failed in the political game. Starr's office said one thing. Trent Lott said another. Tom DeLay gave his thoughts. J.C. Watts opined in his way. Result? Static. Nothing we said stuck.
Now let's look at the RATS. No matter who spoke, you heard the exact same refrains time and time again.
"This is just about sex!"
"This does not rise to the level of impeachment!"
"The Republicans are trying to overturn the results of an election!"
"This is a vast, right-wing conspiracy."
Result: The message, though flawed, hit home.
You can take these exact same refrains above and apply them to what would happen right now if the Bush administration went after Clinton at this time. This puts the media's favorite son on center stage as a sympathetic character. It gives Hitlary! all kinds of ammunition to launch her '04 Presidential campaign. This gives Terry MacAullife and James Carville fuel for fodder for the '02 elections.
Politically speaking, this is stupid!
Yes, I'm definitely interested in justice and the rule of law. But these two sometimes are not as powerful as the one thing most here fail to consider: The Court of Public Opinion. In order for the pursuit of justice to be sustained and achieved, public opinion must be on your side. Otherwise, you get swept out of office.
Don't yell "Touchdown!" at a baseball game, and don't bring a knife to a gunfight.
I'll restrain myself on this. But you are a party bandwagonriding, myopic, apologist for this matter.
Bush Loses! Dan Burton Wins!!! (BTW, they're both in the same party:-) How's that for keeping it in the same party? There's a difference between Dan Burton an Jr., and that's the Fact that Burton did the Right Thing. Jr. did not.
How's my punctuation on this one?