Wasn't Kenneth Star an "American Mullah" on the loose and with an unlimited checkbook?

Question

Things started out with an all out attempt at uncovering a real estate scandal.

Kenneth Star must have been totally frustrated because he spent millions of our dollars and the only piece of real estate he could offer to the American people, was a couple of square inches on the surface of a dress!

All of those millions of dollars and months of investigation to come up with a generic Newt Gingrich-like case of adultery?!

Is adultery an impeachable offense?

Was Kenneth Star an American Mullah on the loose who was unwittingly providing strategic distraction for his counterpart Islamic Mullahs in Iran?

And for Al Qaeda to boot?!

And what gives anyone the right to ask a sitting president about his sex life?

And how many people tell the truth about their sex life?

And was what went on between Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton, an illegal sex offense?

No questions pertaining to consentual sex are germaine to anything else of a non-consentual nature.

NOOB ! NONE OF OUR BUSINESS !

The "founding fathers" would agree I'm sure.

Especially BENJAMIN FRANKLIN !!!!

Now there's a highly revered figure in American history despite his extensive tour of the world of debauchery! And in France to boot! Let's hurry up and get that time machine invented before American Mullah Kenneth Star dies!

And when did George W. Bush use cocaine for the last time? And while he was in the military too! I can readily see why he didn't want to show up for that physical ! What a morally superior fellow!

Answer 1

I agree that Kenneth Star wasted a lot of taxpayer money. I wish too that Clinton had been smart enough to keep it zipped.

Answer 2

Hi Cecil,

ONE MORE TIME ---

You just don't seem to want to get this Cecil, so let me try one more time to explain it. Bill Clinton was under investigation for charges of sexual misconduct. He was testifying in a deposition and was under oath at the time. He's required to tell the truth and he didn't.

Was his having sex with Monica Lewinsky a violation of the law? No, it wasn't -- but If you read my answer -- I already stated that. And if Clinton had told the truth during the deposition that he'd had sex with Monica Lewinsky he would NOT have been impeached, because he would have told the truth. The reason he lied was because he knew it would be politically embarrassing, and he didn't think he'd get caught. He was wrong.

The crime he committed was NOT in having sex with Monica Lewinski, it was in lying under oath about it. And I'm sorry yet again, but in investigations of sexual misconduct ALL SEXUAL ACTIVITY whether consensual or not IS FAIR GAME under the law.

You're intent on making this about sexuality, and it's not. Franklin is irrelevant to the discussion because he was never required to testify under oath about his sex life. It's not about the sex, Okay? If Clinton had told the truth, he would have been embarrassed, but totally free of all charges that could land him an impeachment. It's not about the sex, it's about the perjury he engaged in to cover-up a political embarrassment.

And the people DO have a right to be concerned when that happens.

Your additional comments about George Bush are also interesting but irrelevant. If he ever lied under oath about taking cocaine, and it could be substantiated as was the case for Bill and Monica, HE TOO would be guilty of perjury, and HE TOO should be impeached. There's no double standard here. This isn't about morality, or what is or isn't a person's right to privacy. It's a matter of the LAW. When you testify under oath you tell the truth. And that's You, that's me, that's Bill Clinton, and yes, that's George Bush too.

Why do you insert non-sequitur statements about Franklin and Bush? It's not about sex or drugs or morality -- it's about the law -- period.
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EDIT PER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

The deposition in which Bill Clinton gave his false testimony had nothing to do with Ken Starr. It pertained to seperate charges that were brought by women who were alleging that Bill Clinton engaged in sexual misconduct when he was governor of Arkansas (a crime for which there is no Statute of Limitations).

And under those circumstance, his sexual conduct in the White House is most definitely fair game.

You ask how many people tell the truth about their sex lives. Very few probably. But that's irrelevant. When you are giving sworn testimony, you're under oath, and are required by law to tell the truth. So regardless of how many people lie, it doesn't alter the fact that under oath, you are required to tell the truth. And if you don't, you've committed a felony. And that's true for you, me, and Bill Clinton too.

Once again. I'm sorry; but facts are facts.
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I'm sure this isn't the answer you want to hear, but I think you already know your question is loaded. Bill Clinton wasn't impeached because he had sex ouside of marriage, but because he lied about it under oath.

Adultery isn't an impeachable offense, but perjury is.

Sorry, but facts are facts.

Answer 3

Cecil, Jack is right. How many times do you need to hear the facts before you accept the truth??

Chow!!