M. Simon:
The worst part about the whole impeachment episode is that the Rs branded Clinton as a liar.
So every time Clinton said “Osama” the Rs yelled “Wag the Dog” and proceeded to play Wag the Dick.
That Clinton sure fooled us. He was telling the truth.
Bush is getting my vote. But the Republicans are not blameless. Were Clinton’s lies more important than Osama?
This thread has probably run its course and this point is moot at this late date, but…
Clinton branded himself a liar. He lied to the point of perjury. I suppose that somehow, someway, an argument can be made that this is somebody else’s fault – particularly the loathesome Republicans – but we had a president who wound up disbarred. His administration created the fog that everything functioned under. Clinton is often creditted with being an excellent communicator and yet… and yet…
it was Clinton himself, along with his administration, whe created the environment where what he was saying was no longer the issue and turned “the issue” into whether or not he was lying or trying to cover up lies. He obscured the issues with his actions.
And, wonder of wonders, this is what the Dems are trying to do to the current administration – change the “issues” from what is going on in the world and how we are responding to that into some sort of fog. The cannot win any good-faith argument that focuses on what is happening in the world so they need to work from bad-faith and change the focus of the arguments. These are the standard tactics used by those holding the weak hand.
