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...Bill Clinton is not guilty of anything remotely like "high crimes and misdemeanors." And the only treason he is guilty of concerns his wife and daughter, not the national interest. What he is guilty of is having had an illicit affair with a woman half his age and then trying to cover it up by misleading us all and letting his friends and allies go to bat for him. All of these actions are truly reprehensible. But they are surely no justifiable cause for the removal of a sitting President...
...should be expected to take his cue anymore. Clinton the man is incapable of carrying the Clinton agenda. On the international scene the situation is equally dire. The only superpower in the world has been reduced to a laughing stock, where extramarital oral sex is the only affair of state. And our foreign policy is nonexistent as a result: We sit idly by as Saddam Hussein builds an arsenal of weapons and Russia crumbles...
...when the President was engaging in his now famous soft-porn escapades. The public image Clinton has presented seems both absurd and hypocritical when considered along side his now public private life. My thoughts keep returning to two glaring ironies that seem particularly striking given the timing of the affair...
...Kenneth Starr, Bill Clinton thinks all he has to do is bite his lower lip, confess and tell Americans it's time to move on [SPECIAL REPORT, Aug. 31]. We simply cannot abide by a standard that says it is O.K. for a President to engage in an extramarital affair inside the White House with a 21-year-old intern, lie under oath and then engage in sidetracking the inquiry seeking to uncover his wrongdoing. We cannot, as a nation, afford to remain indifferent and silent regarding this man's conduct. DOUGLAS G. VETTER New York City...
...paths intersect, and a story of guilt and innocence turns into a pulsing tale of redemption and original goodness, pitting God against the devil. If Mr. White's Confession occasionally feels like an old-time movie, at least it's the kind of decent Capraesque affair that used to fill the seats at the Majestic...