The hypocrisy and rationalizaion of double-standards that these people entertain is overwhelming. If the Clinton administration had tried ANY of these Presidential-power abuses, they would have been trounced. I posted this earlier this year, but it takes on even more irony read in today's context. "We have been fortunate that this damaged presidency has occurred during a time of relative peace and prosperity. In times of war or national emergency it is often necessary for the President to call upon the nation to make great economic and personal sacrifices. In these occasions, our President had best be trustworthy--a truth teller whose life of principled leadership and integrity we can count upon... We must believe him and trust him if we are to follow him."
- Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) in his FEBRUARY 1999 statement on impeachment process released into the Congressional Record, calling for President Bill Clinton's
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE, - not during war, but during a time of relative peace - because he felt the President WAS NOT HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY ENOUGH, and someday might be in a time of war or national emergency.REF:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lugartext021399.htm
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