Re: [gardeners] Slick Willie
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 11 Jul 1998 11:12:42 -0600
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