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There's Backwards and there's . . .
Yes, it's late. But that's because everyone's been hitting my Joke of the Day page and I couldn't keep up with the email. There's only one story today, but an important one.
The latest spin that is the Presidential pushers are foisting, successfully according to the polls, is that President Clinton's total lack of fidelity to the woman he swore a vow before the Lord to love, honor and cherish, that his behavior doesn't matter. It's his business. It's the First Lady's business. But it's none of our business.
Bull!
His ability to run the country is our business. And anything that affects his ability to run the country is our business. After all, that's what they're pushing to get Starr off their back. A President that has a sexual addiction the size that President has been alleged to have cannot be able to carry out his business properly.
But let's put this into better focus. Suppose President Clinton isn't fooling around with a different woman every night as the late-night joke writers would have us believe. (As the President would tell you, it is every night. And it isn't always a different woman!)
Here are some specific reasons why the President's infidelity is our business:
Some time back, the President was took credit for the drop in the teen pregnancy rate. The line I used I my joke page -- of course, it dropped; he stopped sleeping with them.
A joke's one thing. Reality is another. In the time the President has been in office, teen drug use, particularly marijuana has been on the rise. Hey, the President does it, why can't they? What kind of example is he setting when he cheats on his wife, repeatedly, with multiple partners? Maybe he should go on TV and tell these kids, "Hey, make sure you use a condom."
And what about the safety of our young women? Are other men, twice these ladies' ages, going to swoop in because the President did? Are they going to be pressured into doing something they don't want to because "everybody does it".
Mr. President, will you be outraged, or even surprised, the first time some young man uses that line on Chelsea?
One of the older reasons, less valid in today's world, for not allowing gays in the military was that if someone discovered the soldier's true orientation, they could blackmail him, threatening to ruin his life by revealing his secret to the world. Naturally, the army didn't need anyone that could be blackmailed; such a person would be a danger to the rest of the unit.
The same case can be made for the President. How many of these "bimbos" will erupt if they aren't given their do? Was Lewinsky a gold-digger as the Clinton-pushers might have you believe? Did she force Clinton and Jordan to get her a good job? What have the other bimbos asked for and received?
And what if the next bimbo wants something more?
Granted, anyone trying to blackmail Clinton has the odds stacked against them. He's likely to just add another notch in his belt and wear it as a badge of honor, making him more desireable to the next "bimbo" to come along.
There's more to sexual dalliances than just blackmail. What are the lobbyists getting in exchange for a quickie. What are they getting for the whole night?
Yes, that's right. One of JFK's little indiscretion was with an East German spy. The Cold War isn't over, the players have just changed. The United States still has enemies abroad, and any of them might wish to send a femme fatale into the Oval Office to pry information out of Clinton.
Do you think that's preposterous? Look at Dick Morris's hooker pal. She was privy to pillow talk about national policy. Why should we believe that the President doesn't have loose lips of his own -- particularly if a trained profession is drilling the President for information.
And information isn't limited to the spoken word. Anything might walk away when she leaves.
Where are the Secret Service during all of this? Are agents in the room ready to protect the President's interest? Do they thoroughly frisk the bimbos that come in? What about repeat offenders?
Even if a woman walked into the Oval Office stark naked except for a raincoat, a professional assassin could kill the President with a letter opener from his blotter.
Hopefully, the President keeps his drawers locked.
Actually, the problem is that he doesn't.
If the man lies repeatedly to his wife, why do we think he'll be honest with us?
If a man cheats repeatedly on his wife, why do we think he won't with us?
If a man swears an oath to honor his wife before God and doesn't, why do we believe that he will honor us when he swears an oath before God and the American people. Twice.
Why should we trust him? We should we believe anything he says about his personal life or his political life?
The truth is we can't! He has consistantly abandoned his principles and changed his positions (political positions, that is, I won't speak for any other kind) for the sake of expediency and higher polling figures. He stands for nothing. And now he tells us he won't stand for people asking for the truth.
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