I don't give a rat's patoot about what slick Willy does behind closed doors.
What the ruckus was about was that he lied under oath when questioned about it.
If he had simply admitted what he had done the hubbub would have quickly died
and
we could all have gone about our business.
my two cents,
Rick
Larry Macy wrote:
> Sorry folks - my 0.02¢ Delete now if not interested. Especially those
> outside the US.
>
> I don't usually get into politics but I just gotta say this. I lived in
> Arkansas while the mentioned was Gov. He was a good Gov, as far as I was
> concerned, mostly focused on bringing a low rated education system up to
> better standards. Everybody knew what the heck was going on "behind
> closed doors" as they say. But that did not matter one whit about the job
> he did. Now when it happens in Washington, where he was absolutely not
> the first to indulge, just the most media spread, the rest of the country
> goes nuts. We that lived in AR never understood the attention. In the
> rest of the world, nobody understood what all the ruckus was about, they
> all do the same thing on a regular basis. In fact in some froggy
> countries - it is expected. Not necessarily condoned, just expected.
>
> Now let me make it clear. I do not condone what happened, I condemn the
> over saturation of it by the media, and our so called elected
> representatives who have nothing better to do than play "get the
> Democrat" if they are an elephant, and "get the Republican", if they are
> a donkey. Funny how those labels fit, elephants never forget and donkeys
> are just asses.
>
> What the hell ever happened to doing the country's business in a cordial
> manner. As I recall the 2 branches of the legislature were designed so
> that, as I believe, (to paraphrase Jefferson) one would be for stately
> debate and the other for rowdy argument. What the hell happened to
> stately debate???
>
> I have to blame Tricky Dicky for this sorry state of affairs in the US
> government. Right or wrong, if he had said he had no idea what the
> CREEP's were doing and fired them all, the media would have had nothing
> to report (and subsequentialy not so much need to over investigate every
> personal thing) and the group known as the opposite of progress would
> have had no belief that they were the only people that could run a
> consciensable government (HAH). Ever check their records?
>
> That's not to say that there isn't a need for a good media invesitagating
> worthwhile stories, but when did somebodies sex life become more
> important than, say, thousands of kids being killed every year by (fill
> in the blank here). Or overspending by certain branches of the
> government. Or????????? Just 'cuz we don't want to hear it, don't mean it
> shouldn't be reported. Oh Sorry the ratings might fall - I forgot.
>
> Ya wanna know why we get such jerks as Gore and Bush as candidates??
> Instead of the Jefferson's and Washington's and Roosevelt's and
> Lincoln's. Who the hell in their right mind would wanna go through that
> crap???
>
> A wise man once said "there are two things you do not discuss in a public
> forum, politics and religion" I just broke one rule - anyone wanna talk
> about religion?
>
> BTW Mike - On the web you can say anything, But do YOU believe everything
> you read?? Another wise man once said "believe 1/2 of what you see and
> none of what you read."
>
> BTW not necessarily the right place to post the story in the first place,
> but the fact that it was stated to be NO LBC, makes it OK in my book.
> This is, after all, as has been mentioned before, a community and we all
> have the right to our opinions.
>
> Political rant mode off - Flame suit on.
>
> Larry
>
> >>>>On 6/7/00 10:23 PM so and so (RBHouston@aol.com) said. (And I quote:)
>
> >Mike,
> >
> >I truly appreciate your sharing this. You noted it NO LBC so NO ONE should
> >complain about the subject or content.
> >
> >I would like to know if this is indeed true, or one of the urban myths, or a
> >conspiracy theory, or something a California talk show host cooked up.
> >
> >Please let me know if you get documentation. I voted for her RB (not rubber
> >bumper) husband TWICE as a loyal Democrat...and I cannot believe how this
> >has
> >come back to shame me.
> >
> >R Houston
>
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget
>
> Keep your top down and your chin up.
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> System Manager/Administrator
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
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>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
> question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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