At 10:17 AM 7/11/98 +0000, you wrote: >Rosemary Carlson <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote: > >> I approach this with fear and trepidation - and really only have three >> things to say. First - innocent until proven guilty. > >Okay, how about innocent until guilt is admitted as was the case with >Gennifer Flowers. Talk about sleazy. > > Second - ya gotta >> wonder when there is talk of an independent counsel being named to >> investigate the independent counsel. > >Ya gotta wonder about what? Whether Kenneth Starr is a worm, too? >If he's a worm does that have anything to do with whether Clinton is >a worm? Sorry, but the character of the accuser has nothing to do >with the character of the accused. In Clinton's case he has already >admitted to being sleazy. As for suborning perjury I'd expect any >president or other public person to suborn perjury for his/her >personal benefit and don't really consider it that big a deal. > >Third - the President is the President >> - and deserves respect until........he's proven guilty. And perhaps even >> then. > >I'm sure you'll pardon me for saying this but that's exactly the sort >of thinking that allows barbarians to be supported by their citizens. >With that kind of thinking we can get a Hitler or a Peter the Great >or an Ayatollah Khoemini elected president and all have the pleasure >of respecting him. No thanks. > >I think Jimmy Carter was a poor president but I respect him a great >deal. He is a man of principal. > >Liz > political talk is not appropriate in a gardening forum. Margaret