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Originally posted by Spanky
These are the people I don't get. Just because you don't think that the case should have moved forward doesn't change the gravity of the perjury. This is a nation of laws. The Supreme Court ruled that the case was OK, and the Trial judge ruled that the question was relevant, and then Bubba lied. What people may think about it, or what the lie was about is irrelevent. He committed perjury under oath. Lying about sex is fine. A president lying about sex to the American public is fine. A President lying to the American public about anything is fine. Lying under oath, no matter what the subject, is not fine.
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Dissent. Lying to subvert a lying, improper investigation is fine. You may stand on principle all day, but if you've been to court, you know the true value of "The Oath," and the maleability of "truth." I wouldn't have done what Clinton did, but I think its hysterical that he did it. Its the perfect lowball response to a lowball witch hunt. It provided exactly the level of respect Starr and those who supported him deserved. I mean, really, what obligation does anyone have to a scumbag who himself ought to be jailed for the most obscene abuse of process and prosecutorial discretion in history?
Many people are calling Deep Throat a traitor. Technically, he defied an oath to his superiors and his job. He broke all sorts of sacred "rules." Sometimes, its OK. I give Bubba a pass.
