Posted on 02/12/2004 8:47:16 AM PST by sr4402
Too funny!!
Has she filed to run for POTUS or is it too late to file?
You're thinking like an honest citizen. But since when do the rules and laws and Constitution stop the Dems in general and the Clintons in particular from doing what they want to do?
My thoughts exactly -- smooth but not slick.
He's a trial lawyer. No one likes or trusts a trial lawyer! He got filthy rich off the backs of his victims. If he jumps ahead, start sending trial lawyer jokes over the net to "gently remind" people what he is.
What's the difference between a dead cat in the road and a dead trial lawyer in the road?
The dead cat has skid marks around it.
Also, the high cost of America's health care is due to frivolous law suits. Stop the trial lawyers, and everyone could afford health care. Vote tort reform!
From the beginning, I think the Clintons have gotten their chess pieces into place in CASE the events leading up to the election indicated that Pres. Bush could be beaten. I don't think that Hill necessarily had plans to run but she wanted to be ready if she thought she could run and win. I think that is what Clark and Edwards were all about. And of course, McAuliffe.
Pray for W and The Truth
And if the latter, where will Kerry get the money to pay back the house loan and other loans for his election bid....?
Actually, if no single candidate has a majority on the first ballot at a political convention, then the delegates are all free to change their allegiance to whomever. So Hillary doesn't need to break any rules to get the nomination. (It still seems pretty unlikely to me that she's seriously working toward that goal this year, but who knows?)
Kerry's wife has said several times that she would be willing to spend her $500,000,000 in the election if her "family is attacked." Apparently that's totally legal under campaign finance laws.
Oh please! Please try it. Go ahead.
Sen. John Kerry Says Congress Should Punish Clinton
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- President Clinton needs to be punished for his transgressions, but Congress needs to forgo a prolonged partisan investigation and determine his fate by the end of year, Sen. John Kerry said Tuesday.
``There is no question Congress needs to be heard,'' said Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat. ``I think the American people have been very clear of the fact that they don't think this thing can just be shoved in the corner.
``You can't just pretend it didn't happen or walk away.''
This is the first time Kerry has publicly commented on the 445 page report released Friday by Congress that provides 11 reasons by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr to impeach Clinton.
The report details a lurid extra-marital affair between Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and his subsequent attempts to cover it up from investigators.
Kerry said he hasn't spoken with Clinton about the report yet, but the Massachusetts Democrat did say he was ``upset'' with the president's actions.
``The bottom line here ... he didn't tell the full truth back in January,'' Kerry said. ``He did have the affair he said he didn't have. We are left dealing with the consequences of that.''
Kerry said it was ``inappropriate'' for him to comment on possible punishment for the president, but he added the evidence might not be enough to impeach the president.
``Did the president mislead us all, yes he did,'' Kerry said. ``But that does not necessarily constitute perjury.''
Kerry said he doesn't think Americans want to see the president removed from office now, but this could change if more damaging evidence arises about his conduct. Kerry said he received hundreds of calls from constituents Monday demanding the president be reprimanded.
``Today, I think the country ... wants to appropriately, adequately and significantly hold the president accountable -- in my judgement at this point -- without impeaching him, without a major upheaval in the process,'' Kerry said. ``Now that can change.''
If Clinton is able to maintain the presidency, he will face an uphill battle to implement his political agenda during the last two years of his term, Kerry said.
``He will be significantly diminished in his ability to marshall the forces up here (Capitol Hill), set the agenda and make voluntary/discretionary things happen,'' he said. ``I think he clearly will have a more difficult road.''
Kerry said one of the first things Clinton needs to do is regain the trust of his Democratic colleagues, especially those on Capitol Hill.
``Trust is certainly an issue on the table here with all of my colleagues,'' Kerry said, adding Clinton will have to earn his trust.
Kerry also took time to chastise Starr for being excessive with details in the report including references to first lady Hillary Clinton's whereabouts during the affair. He described parts of the report as a ``brazen expose of non-essential details.''
``There is no question in my judgement this report was excessive in detail,'' Kerry said.
Kerry said the country wants this issue to be resolved in a fair, bipartisan, and speedy manner, even if that means recalling Congress back into session after the November elections.
He also said if Republicans try to gain politically from the president's misfortunes then it will hurt the country.
``Any effort to drag it out into next year is in fact a partisan strategy, a political strategy calculated to do injury to the president,'' Kerry said. ``The consequences of which would in fact be very damaging to the country.''
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