I truly cannot understand how it got passed. What part of "anti-American" was misunderstood on the Hill? You have characterized it very well. Shame, indeed.
Thanks, a very interesting post! I'm getting the feeling that I'd better vote soon. I've got my ballot but I do like to look things up online a bit before filling it out.
And journalists keep saying that the American people are losing faith in the political process. What I don't understand is why they keep putting it in the present tense.
I'm inclined to agree with -- was it Twain or O. Henry? -- anyway, whoever it was who said that by definition who'd want to vote for anyone who would actually run for office.
I think the critter is extinct. Has been for a very long time.
But then I am a child of Watergate (I was 14 in 1973). Putting politician and trust into the same sentence has always sent me into gales of laughter. Or tears.
"But then I am a child of Watergate (I was 14 in 1973). Putting politician and trust into the same sentence has always sent me into gales of laughter. Or tears."
Me, too. My big problem? I totally believed Nixon when he said he was innocent. I really did.
Which meant that when it all came out, I *truly* felt personally betrayed.
The really sad thing to me, and it applies to liars under oath of both parties, is that the initial wrongdoing wouldn't necessarily be a throne-thrower, had they just copped to the plea when the act came to light.
Had Nixon said, "well, yeah, it was a terribly stupid thing, but we did hire a couple of guys to bug the Democratic Party; y'know, guys, they do it, too, but I'm the one caught. Okay, I was bad, but I won't do it again," I think the country could have lived with that. It was the *lying* to us that killed it for me.
The same holds true for Clinton. Had he just admitted to being a guy who couldn't pass up a pretty [insert your own word], the only person he would have been in trouble with was his wife. Having gone to the extremes he did to hide it (including marking the girl as "that woman"), just made me lose all respect for him, forever.
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Date: 2006-09-29 01:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-29 08:22 am (UTC)Dare I ask? What did I miss?
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Date: 2006-09-29 09:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-29 07:59 pm (UTC)Thanks, a very interesting post! I'm getting the feeling that I'd better vote soon. I've got my ballot but I do like to look things up online a bit before filling it out.
Thanks again.
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Date: 2006-09-29 06:39 pm (UTC)I'm inclined to agree with -- was it Twain or O. Henry? -- anyway, whoever it was who said that by definition who'd want to vote for anyone who would actually run for office.
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Date: 2006-09-30 03:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-30 10:04 pm (UTC)But then I am a child of Watergate (I was 14 in 1973). Putting politician and trust into the same sentence has always sent me into gales of laughter. Or tears.
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Date: 2006-10-15 05:47 pm (UTC)Me, too. My big problem? I totally believed Nixon when he said he was innocent. I really did.
Which meant that when it all came out, I *truly* felt personally betrayed.
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Date: 2006-10-15 06:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-15 07:04 pm (UTC)Had Nixon said, "well, yeah, it was a terribly stupid thing, but we did hire a couple of guys to bug the Democratic Party; y'know, guys, they do it, too, but I'm the one caught. Okay, I was bad, but I won't do it again," I think the country could have lived with that. It was the *lying* to us that killed it for me.
The same holds true for Clinton. Had he just admitted to being a guy who couldn't pass up a pretty [insert your own word], the only person he would have been in trouble with was his wife. Having gone to the extremes he did to hide it (including marking the girl as "that woman"), just made me lose all respect for him, forever.