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I was thinking more of Monica Lewinsky, who seemed to me to have been a 50/50 player in her little drama with Bill C.

Now, the Paula Jones situation is much more sordid. I have no support for that. Certainly grounds for a civil suit, and as I remember in fact one was pursued and settled. A sexual harassment suit would be something for the State of Arkansas' legal machinery, though, not impeachment, as (please correct me if I'm wrong) that had nothing to do with any acts of Bill's Presidency. If Paula Jones filed a sexual harassment suit in the State of Arkansas against Bill Clinton, I'd support her actions and wish her luck, although I'd imagine that was handled in the civil suit settlement.

The connection to the Whitewater investigation, then, is simply that it and the investigation of these other matters were done by the same lawyers. The acts themselves had nothing to do with Whitewater, but to read the original statement in the news story, and with no other understanding of the issues, you'd think that the Clintons were charged with financial malfeasance in Whitewater, and they weren't.

Now, the Paula Jones situation is much more sordid. I have no support for that. Certainly grounds for a civil suit, and as I remember in fact one was pursued and settled. A sexual harassment suit would be something for the State of Arkansas' legal machinery, though, not impeachment, as (please correct me if I'm wrong) that had nothing to do with any acts of Bill's Presidency.

Clinton's major offense was, like Nixon's, the coverup more so than the crime. Watergate was about the upcoming election and not about Nixon's Presidency per se.

Clinton's perjury as President should have removed him from office, either through resignation, ala Nixon, or conviction for high crimes and misdemeanors. There is just no way we can tolerate lying to a grand jury, or even asserting Fifth Amendment rights by a public official.

"A sexual harassment suit would be something for the State of Arkansas' legal machinery, though, not impeachment, as (please correct me if I'm wrong) that had nothing to do with any acts of Bill's Presidency."

Do the terms obstruction of justice and subbornation of perjury mean anything to you? He used the powers of his office and members of his administration to attempt to deny a woman (Paula Jones) her rightful day in court. He had people lie both under oath and in public to cover up his actions - regarding both Paula Jones and Monica.

Laws were broken while he was in office. It matters not whether they had anything to do with his duties as President, it matters that he broke the law. Period.