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SUSAN AND THE SUPREMES
Well no. That's not the title of a new musical group. It is, in fact, 10 people who recently said "NO" to America's answer to Attila the Hun.
There are others that have said no in the past and suffered greatly. There will be those in the future who will say no and they will suffer greatly.
But we'll bet the Supremes will not suffer at all. Kenny Starr sent them a load of horse manure thinking that the nine judges would think it was roses. Fortunately for us, their olfactory apprati was working properly.
Claiming that the issue was one of GREAT NATIONAL IMPORT, Kenny implored the Supreme Court to hear his plea at once -- bypassing regular legal procedures. He even couched it in words used years ago in the Nixon debacle. Kenny had to know right now exactly when, where and how Monica and Bill had sex.
Not IF they had sex!
You see, Kenny has decided that they did and he is drooling for all the details. He thinks the President's people in the White House watched so he has demanded that they tell him what he wants to hear.
Kenny's a bit of a voyeur, isn't he?
So much of what is going on in this special council appointment is perplexing and totally weird. O.K., so the law gives the S.C. a bottomless account chargeable to us who pay taxes; lavish investigative staffs; limitless time and, from all reports, the power of life and death over all those who come to his attention.
But the law also says that the Grand Jury proceeding is secret. We wonder if anyone has ever told the media about that. We wonder if anyone told Kenny Starr about that. We know that no one has told Kenny's spokesperson about that.
That's right. The S.C. has a frontperson who delivers Kenny's proclamations to us, the masses. His job is to explain why Kenny does what Kenny does and to let us know what a nice fellow he is. He also is in charge of making statements detrimental to the President in a manner that suggests they are true. According to him and Kenny, they are getting the facts in a criminal investigation so anything goes -- even our Constitution.
But aren't those proceedings supposed to be secret? Guess not if Kenny doesn't want them to be.
On the other hand, the information coming from, "reliable sources inside the Clinton White House," are said by the media to be *SPIN*.
They tell us that it's all about character. Like how can you trust someone who would lie? Now, who was that President who lied to Congress about Iran Contra? And while we are on the subject, who knows any political pro that has not lied? It seems to be a qualification for public office. Tsk, tsk! So puzzling.
Guess it's not so much what is lied or who is lied to as it is who is allegedly doing the lying. We still have three parts to our government, don't we? Executive, legislative and judicial? Where does the S.C. dictator come in and why isn't his character important?
Unless, it's O.K. to attempt to coerce a witness into wearing a tape recorder into the White House.
Unless, it's O.K. to hound innocent bystanders for salacious details.
Unless, it's O.K. to destroy attorney-client privilege for everyone.
Many legal scholars are revealing how disturbing Kenny's tactics are and what the consequences, the fall out, will be. If Kenny has his way, it will be safer to tell your secrets to the town gossip than to your attorney.
One thing that most everyone agrees on is that the special prosecutor, backed up by his political party is hell bent to "get" Hillary and Bill Clinton. It appears to matter little that Starr has formerly argued vehemently for attorney-client privileges.
Now he is not satisfied with just harassing the living, he is going after the dead -- Vince Foster. What does that say about his character? Or, does it really matter as long as he "gets his man?"
Meanwhile as Republicans accuse Clinton of stalling Starr's investigation, the congressional majority party stalls on the tobacco bill, the United Nations bill, the campaign finance bill -- but, quickly passes a whopping pork barrel bill. No surprise. There are elections coming up.
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the while, the legislative leaders are voicing the Starr accusations against
the President. They aim this directly at gendergappers. In their
view, women are ruled entirely by their emotions and will turn against
Democratic candidates. They still think we're dummies but we know that
repeating a lie over and over does not create a truth.
Sounds to us like a lot of pots calling the kettle black. If there is substance, lay it out, Kenny, and let's get on with our nation's important business.
1998-024
Copyright 1998 Renee T. Louise and Ruth M. Sprague, Ph.D. These articles may be republished for noncommercial use only, provided that they are copied intact, and that this copyright notice is attached. Address all queries to: TWANDA@ConnRiver.net.
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