I will take the Clinton experience complete w/the Monica affair, anytime. Bush has been a disaster domestically, with the I.O.U's being held by the next generation via the heavy deficits his budget is running. Internationally--it's a good thing the administration doesn't care what other countries think--our misguided (a gentle euphemism here) policies around the world have produced little positive result.

At the top of the list, a shining light for all to see--is our war in Iraq. An often used phrase--predicated on lies and waged with incompetence fits. Clinton qualified for impeachment for his lie and Bush doesn't??!! The creative language the admin. has used to answer the "lie" question makes "what the meaning of 'is' is" pale in comparison, IMO.

Oh, I don't what to forget..we have another three years left w/ an administration where the corruption is becoming increasingly transparent.

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You're right Lou - Clinton lied. I would venture a guess that 99.9% of all men would have lied under similar circumstances. Doesn't excuse him, doesn't make him right - but honestly, the whole thing was a tad ludicrous, don't you think??? IF his lie in any way affected the security of our nation, I would have been happy to hang him myself - but it didn't (although our response to it did make us a laughing stock internationally). The bottom line, for me, was that no one should have had the right to ask him the question in the first place - no one except his wife and his own conscience that is.

Now, our beloved Mr, Bush - he lied about weapons of mass destruction and the reasons he launched his war in Iraq (and he still lies about it) , he lied about who would benefit from his tax cuts, he lied about the cost of his Medicare bill, he lies about the state of Social Security, he lies about his environmental record - I could go on and on. Personally, I think he's a war criminal, although I don't believe anyone will ever call him on that. But he has lied to the American people about matters of national security - and if that doesn't scream for impeachment and make Mr. Clinton's indiscretion seem pretty darned minor in comparison, I can't imagine what would. And he does all of this while proclaiming himself to be moral and a Christian. Spooks the heck out of me.

By the way, Lou - there are no more fiscal Republicans - they became the cut and spend us into oblivion guys under this administration. Heck, I'm NOT a Republican anything, and I'm more fiscally conservative than they are. But I'm happy to hear you're a social democrat. Me? I guess I'm still a 60s radical, just tempered a bit with age.

And to akc, our nations are more alike than they are different. I believe it was Borje who took to calling us "Soviet America" - a very apt description, I'm sorry to say.

What I'm trying to say is impeaching a President for having sex with an intern is really silly. This is not my opinion alone, but the opinion of the majority of Americans and those from other countries. We were he laughingstock of the world for impeaching a President for having an affair. Really, if that was the best Clinton's enemies could do, they were really grabbing at straws.

From a historical perspective, this was even more laughable. Do you realize how many of our Presidents have had affairs while in office? Do you know how many lied to cover up those affairs? Do you know how many Presidents have lied to Congress about far worse issues than having sex with an intern? I couldn't begin to list all of the examples here - it would take several volumes, not pages. I teach US History, for a living - this is perhaps the biggest mountain ever made out of a political molehill in the long, sordid history of American politics.

I believe the Prez told a lie, but he was tried by Congress and was exonerated. Impeachment took place, and the procedures set forth by the Constitution were followed. If, in your opinion, Clinton deserved to be removed from office, your complaint is with Congress for not reaching the verdict you think appropriate. But he verdict stands.

Kinda pregnant? No, not really. Legally exonerated. And, I might add, innocent until convicted, especially after the jury (congress) declined to convict. None of us, even those who think they are the sole guardians of the truth, have the right set themselves above the law and decide innocence or guilt outside of the law of the land.

My real point is that many of our leaders lie to us whether it's Clinton or Bush. The game of politics at any level is to discredit your enemy any way you can. All of our laws are reached by compromise between our elected officials and then interpreted by our appointed Supreme Court. You win some and you lose some and self interest plays a part in all of it. In the immortal words of Rodney King "Why can't we all just get along"? My own immortal phrase is "Why can't Alvin Lee tour in America soon"?

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Lou, Lou, Lou. I DO agree that sleeze is present in all politicians - Dems, Reps, independents etc. But Bush got the top job in this country twice because once he stole it and the 2nd time he used the war he started for absolutely no good reason at all to scare people into voting for him. Frankly, in terms of what he has done for this nation and it's standing in the world, he's the worst president in modern history and will probably go down as one of the worst in the history of the republic. One of the funniest lines I ever read was by columnist Richard Cohen who said that Bush was his 43rd favorite president - and sinking fast.


Alvin play for Bush????? God I hope not; I think I would lose all respect for him.