My point is, NOBODY portrays what Bill Clinton did other than getting caught having sex. Not even Rush, Hannity, Boortz, the fall right in with talking about “Lewinsky Affair”. Asking this question would put out to the nation what really happened. Many would be left scratching their heads, fixed a court case? WHAT!?
Well, almost nobody ...
A letter published by the Wall Street Journal on Oct. 27, 1999 ...
Starr and Fiske, et al.: There's Little to ShowSlightly edited from my original.In regard to Kenneth Starr's Oct. 20 editorial-page commentary "What We've Accomplished":
Mr. Starr exhibits astonishing ignorance about the case he inherited from Robert Fiske, and then husbanded for five years. He states that, "Mr. Fiske, like any federal prosecutor, had the authority to take the investigation in whatever direction seemed promising." This is nonsense. Janet Reno issued a regulation to serve as Fiske's charter for his investigation. The regulation contains four sections. Each starts with the words, "The Independent Counsel: In re Madison Guarantee Savings & Loan Association." Each refers to "FEDERAL criminal law." (my emphasis) Fiske had no legal authority to investigate anything that occurred while Clinton was President. Mr. Starr states that, "Fiske and his staff had been investigating cases of bankruptcy fraud, various tax matters, and apparent irregularities in the gubernatorial campaign." If this is true, there is little to show for it. Fiske issued two reports, both on the death of Vincent Foster, but otherwise there is no evidence that he did anything at all.
Of course there is little to show for Mr. Starr's own effort. He seems to want to blame this on Susan McDougal, as if she were the Rosetta Stone of every Clinton Scandal. But Susan McDougal was not there when Chinese funny money was being accepted, Billy Dale was being railroaded, FBI files were being abused, or Webbster Hubbell was receiving hush money. Starr wrote instead about Monica Lewinsky.
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It's always been my contention that both Clintons are more than happy to have the cover that the Lewinsky Red Herring provides.
"Sen. Clinton, a question in three parts:
Your husband admitted to receiving oral sex from a White House intern while discussing military matters with a member of Congress
1. What other changes are you proposing for the White House intern program? and
2. Do you see the role of Commander in Chief evolving to include behavior such as this? or
3. Are there any remaining tenets of feminism that you haven't betrayed by defending the behavior of your husband while President?"