In a message dated 12/11/2003 2:31:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rdk@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I suspect that a number of us in northern Europe have a more relaxed
> feeling towards Clinton and his sexual escapades; morality means different
> things to different people, and we think of several of the more recent
> incumbents of the US presidential post as being far more immoral in their
> political and public actions than Clinton ever was.
Hi Roger (keeping this off-list to avoid the flame wars)
I was a little surprised at your comments about Clinton. In particular the
implication that it was his sexual escapades that got him into trouble. While
his little tryst with Monica in the Oval Office was certainly deplorable, it
was
his subsequent attempts to lie about it under oath in order to deny a fellow
US citizen a fair day in court that he was impeached for. It also cost him his
license to practice law and a hefty fine (about $800,000 as I recall).
Did the European press actually spin it to make it look like his detractors
were upset primarily because of his sexcapades?
To be honest, in my opinion the most deplorable thing he did in office was to
sell Presidential pardons in the last month of his term. By the time it all
came out he was already out of office and it never get the press here that it
deserved, IMO. I'd be curious if that was reported at all overseas.
I'm always interested in how Americans are depicted and perceived overseas.
Regards,
Paul Schings
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