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Article #1456Re: PROTEST THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
From: Merlin Dorfman
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 00:00
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Jeffrey E. Salzberg (salzberg@flash.net) wrote:
: There are 4 types of people ho are pro-removal:
: I. Some people honestly believe that there is sufficient evidence to merit
: such action. They are sincere in their beliefs and, tragically, history will
: lump them in with the Clinton-haters, much as all of 1868's advocates of
: impeachment are now considered to have been power-hungry demogogues (In the
: 50's, American Heritage ran a great article called "When Congress Tried to
: Rule").
: 2. Some people are so ignorant that they honestly think that "I don't like
: him" is sufficient grounds for removal.
: C. Some (Tom DeLay springs to mind) are cynical demogogues who are willing to
: traumatize the country in order to achieve their political goals. To these
: people, the ends justify the means; they are unable to see the damage they're
: doing. This is as good a definition of "extremist" as any other.
Jeff--I can't resist asking: what comes after I, 2, and C??
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10675b,cfe136f993da0587 X-Google-Attributes: gid10675b,public X-Google-Thread: 102fd5,c73264bb16aebb8b X-Google-Attributes: gid102fd5,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,c73264bb16aebb8b X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-Thread: feb97,c73264bb16aebb8b X-Google-Attributes: gidfeb97,public From: dorfman@netcom.com (Merlin Dorfman) Subject: Re: PROTEST THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT Date: 1998/12/27 Message-ID: <dorfmanF4Mvvo.GCC@netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 426193932 Sender: dorfman@netcom9.netcom.com References: <367d5c23$0$210@nntp1.ba.best.com> <368b85e9.598375189@news.panix.com> <75kbpo$7bb$1@news.ncal.verio.com> <dorfmanF4Auz8.Gr8@netcom.com> <75p3pj$o0d$1@news.ncal.verio.com> <3681693d.1946193@news.panix.com> <75rvfu$iel$1@news.ncal.verio.com> <368db3d2.152134238@news.panix.com> <75ujt0$fls$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <760vh5$7e0@news-central.tiac.net> <dorfmanF4K0FH.Gtx@netcom.com> <7630be$1r4@news-central.tiac.net> <368d215f.311275491@news.panix.com> <763m1h$6ap$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <F4LIpo.37K@news2.new-york.net> <7644am$gvm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Organization: ICGNetcom Followup-To: nyc.general,ba.politics,ba.general,nyc.politics Newsgroups: nyc.general,ba.politics,ba.general,nyc.politics