Election day results discussion thread

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

No, no, no you don't. That bull**** was started by the Republicans. The taxpayers paid for Ken Starr and all that Whitewater bull****. Clinton had just as much right as anyone else to privacy when it came to his sex life. It was afforded to ALL former presidents. The people that were behind that whole "Hunting Of The President" (see the documentary, it's great) were responsible for that huge waste of time and waste of taxpayers money.

All I am saying is that if Clinton had said "yes" when asked in the depo and, more importantly, by the media - if he had the affair, millions in govt. money would have been saved. But, he did not do that. He tried to cover it up by sending cabinet members and others out on the talk shows to deny the affair. Then, he used his influence to get her the job, etc. All of that was using govt. time and resources If he had been honest, that money would not have been spent. I mean if W did that, you all would be all over him like white on rice. I use Foley as an example - - do you think Foley deserves to have that kept private - after all 17 is the age of consent in DC

So, regardless of the hunt for him, which I readily admit there was, his own behavior contributed to that and it cost us money as well as the hunt costing us money in vain as well.

Now, if you want to get into whether he should have been asked because of some privacy deal, that is another deal. But, he did not respond with "you should not ask me that question" - - he responded with I did not have sexual relations with that woman - and he said it thinking she had been bought off. Sorry, he reaped what he sewed there and it wound up costing the taxpayers. How anyone can see it any differently is to me completely ignoring the facts, which are all that interest me.