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Sunday, June 27, 2004
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INCAPABLE OF DOING THE RIGHT THING
One of the things that made me craziest about the Clinton impeachment was the defense that "everybody lies about sex." Firstly, it's entirely immaterial about what you lie about when you have sworn an oath to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." It's even worse when a federal court judge rules that you must answer those questions. It's worse still when the Supreme Court rules unamiously that the case is valid and allowed to go forward. This is obviously compounded when you are the President of the United States.
President Clinton was determined that this case would not see a courtroom while he was still in office. He attempted several rather sneaky measures to avoid a trial. First he cited Nixon v. Fitzgerald, in which the court ruled that a president cannot be sued as a result of his offical acts. This was ridiculous on its face. Firstly, Clinton was governor of Arkansas when what Paula Jones alleged is to have occurred. Even if he were president at the time, no serious person would argue that unzipping your trousers and saying, "kiss it" approaches an official act.
When the courts dismissed this line of attack, the president then argued that he was exempt from civil litigation under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940. This act was designed to protect servicemen from civil actions during their term of service. Clinton argued that it applied to him in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief. Were this an accurate interpretation of the law, Bill Clinton, as a member of the armed services, would also be prohibited from engaging in political activities, such as addressing the Democratic National Convention. He would also be subject to criminal sanctions for adultery under the United States Code of Military Justice.
The defense of Clinton also misrepresents what "lying about sex" has traditionally meant. Is it true that everybody lies about sex? Sure it is. But there is a significant difference between President Clinton and most other men. Most other men who "lie about sex" do so in an outmoded Victorian attempt to defend the woman's reputation. Clinton lied about sex to destroy the reputation of the woman he was involved with. And he has done so repeatedly. Not only did he lie about sex to destroy reputations, he repeatedly used taxpayers money to do so. When Gennifer Flowers made her allegations (later verified under oath by Clinton himself) in 1992, his campaign responded to them. That campaign was financed by federal matching funds. When the Lewinsky story broke in 1998, several senior White House staffers went on television to attack her. Presumably, they were on the clock at the time.
It therefore stands to reason that Clinton was guilty of not only everything he was accused of, one can reasonably argue that his use of the Executive Branch in his defense constituted a misappropriation of funds.
And it continues even today. In Clinton's memoir, he finally admits to something he never would while in office, that his affair with Monica Lewinsky actually began in 1995. In his statement before the Grand Jury, Clinton referred to occasions "when I was alone with Miss Lewinsky in 1996 and once in early 1997." Had Clinton admitted when the affair started, he would have admitted to a liaison with an unpaid intern. That would be very damaging politically. Instead, when he did "confess" he stated that the whole thing occurred when she was on the payroll.
Maybe I'm alone in this, but I feel that a woman wanting to put my cock in her skull is a very precious thing.I can't imagine a circumstance where I want to attack a woman's character for wanting to fellate me. President Clinton had no such compunction. In fact, Monica remained so loyal that she ended up with a $3 million dollar legal bill for her loyalty. And could the president even do something so unheard of as apologize for what he did to her life? Nope. Not for nearly ten months. And he only did it then under protest. In Ireland, no less. Perhaps the president missed the irony of apologizing in place whose name starts with the word "ire."
So, he has his little book out now. And that book still depicts Monica as a tool. First as a tool of his sexual gratification, then as an instrument of his political destruction. Bill Clinton seems incapable of recognizing anything human in Monica Lewinsky. Of course, she is a little miffed about this. Unlike several blogs I've read in the last few days, I think she has every right to indignant.
There have been a few women who have given me head in my day. You've never heard me say an unkind word about any of them. Bill Clinton, to this very day, seems intent on branding Monica Lewinsky in the pages of history as a demented tart, long after doing so serves no purpose other than bolstering his precious reputation.
In the end, it's all still about Bill.
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