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Re: Haven't we had enough

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From: Warren Brill
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00
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Alan Otteson (ottesona@agcs.com) wrote:
: Ernie Englehart wrote:
(snip)
: Even though we may not be proud of the man occupying the office of
: President, at the very least he should exemplify the moral and

* Please define "we" since some of us are _particularly proud_ of someone
  who has been vilified by SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER MET HIM, KNOW
  NOTHING ABOUT HIM PERSONALLY, and only go on opinion in place of fact.

: ethical values of the voting populace.  Has the moral and ethical

* Obviously Mr Clinton exemplifies something, otherwise he would not be
  in offic currently. 

: fiber of the citizenry decayed this much in just a few short years?

: As recently as 1988 Gary Hart withdrew from the Presidential election
: because of a wild weekend in the Bahamas.  Now Bill Clinton is being
: sued in Federal court after one of his escapades in a hotel room.

: In 1974 Nixon resigned the Presidency as a result of misuse of a
: single FBI file and the resulting cover-up.  Who knows how many FBI

* Give me a break! Nixon resigned because he and his administration were
  caught attempting to subvert both the American triumvirate system of
  government (by replacing the entire Executive Branch with a "shadow"
  set of advisors - Ex Where was the Domestic Affairs Advisor - John 
  Ehrlichman - in the Cabinet?, by reducing Congress' role by making policy
  by Presidential directives, by ignoring the role of the Courts, which
  finally pried loose the Tapes) and the election process (by the extensive
  use of illegal wiretaps, "dirty tricks" and the like). Where did you 
  get this "single FBI file" idea? Not from history.

: files Clinton and Craig Livingstone have spirited away for whatever
: purpose.

: The election of 1996 is not a question of Bill Clinton's character--
: we already know that.  The character of us as a nation and as
: individual voters is the real question.  If Bill Clinton is the
: answer then we all fail.

* Speak for yourself. Nuff said.

: -- 
: Alan Otteson
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From: warrenb@fc.hp.com (Warren Brill)
Subject: Re: Haven't we had enough
Date: 1996/11/01
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