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Okay, just I am clear, how does any of that justify perjury?
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I didn't say it justified perjury, did I?
They went after her because they thought she did something else. And I didn't say that no one gets prosecuted. I said that had he not been President, no prosecutor would have done what Starr did, and no plaintiff's lawyer would have touched the case.
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Being a public figure has benefits and it has drawbacks. If you go in to politics I think you assume a risk. It gets us back to the character issue and why it's relevant. In today's society if you want to be in politics, and especially at the national level, you have to be clean or expect that you can justify your skeletons. Clinton knew the game and he knew the rules.
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If you go into politics now, you assume many more risks than you did before the rise of the modern conservative movement. But I agree that Clinton did something stupid.
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If Starr did anything but follow the letter of the law in carrying out his duty then he should have been brought to task appropriately. If he was abusing process then Clinton should have raised that issue (I forget did he bring a motion regarding prosecutorial abuse?).
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In my life, I aspire to do more than simply abide by the letter of the law.
