More reader mail!
"Don't you think it's a bit hypocritical to support
a serial molester when you condemn someone who engaged in consensual sexual
activity?"
Response 1: Oh pshaw, I live in Berkeley; you'll have to try much harder to bait me than that! :-P.
Response 2: The fact that Clinton used the intern program like an escort service made him low rent; it was the perjury that got him impeached. Of course I never liked Clinton and disagreed with about 9 out of 10 things he did, but you can't impeach someone for that. You can when they commit perjury. We can't tolerate a president who will abjectly lie the way Bill Clinton did. For all the cynicism out there, most presidents don't (and that is true of both parties). I used to think that Nixon got a bum rap, but after watching Clinton in action I realize they both got what they deserved. Nixon lied; Clinton lied. Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment; Clinton was impeached. In the case of the latter, the skirt was incidental. And by the way, if you are a president in search of a mistress, choose one commensurate with your stature--an educated, classy woman of independent means, not some dimwitted, star-struck, chatty twenty-something intern with an IQ of a hand bag (who now designs hand bags).
And just a little more on the accusations against Ahnold. Since almost none of these women will give out their names, it is a bit hard to take them too seriously. Even if we do take them at their word, remember this happened at a place of work where people routinely disrobe and simulate copulation while a crew films it and a guy with a megaphone yells out instructions on how to it better. This isn't exactly the executive office at IBM. But seriously, Ahnold probably was an arrogant movie star who thought he could score with any girl he chose. Does that make him a great role model? No. Would I have preferred someone else over him? Yes, I believe I covered this topic. Given the choice between Ahnold and Gray Davis, who did I choose? Oh please...
Response 1: Oh pshaw, I live in Berkeley; you'll have to try much harder to bait me than that! :-P.
Response 2: The fact that Clinton used the intern program like an escort service made him low rent; it was the perjury that got him impeached. Of course I never liked Clinton and disagreed with about 9 out of 10 things he did, but you can't impeach someone for that. You can when they commit perjury. We can't tolerate a president who will abjectly lie the way Bill Clinton did. For all the cynicism out there, most presidents don't (and that is true of both parties). I used to think that Nixon got a bum rap, but after watching Clinton in action I realize they both got what they deserved. Nixon lied; Clinton lied. Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment; Clinton was impeached. In the case of the latter, the skirt was incidental. And by the way, if you are a president in search of a mistress, choose one commensurate with your stature--an educated, classy woman of independent means, not some dimwitted, star-struck, chatty twenty-something intern with an IQ of a hand bag (who now designs hand bags).
And just a little more on the accusations against Ahnold. Since almost none of these women will give out their names, it is a bit hard to take them too seriously. Even if we do take them at their word, remember this happened at a place of work where people routinely disrobe and simulate copulation while a crew films it and a guy with a megaphone yells out instructions on how to it better. This isn't exactly the executive office at IBM. But seriously, Ahnold probably was an arrogant movie star who thought he could score with any girl he chose. Does that make him a great role model? No. Would I have preferred someone else over him? Yes, I believe I covered this topic. Given the choice between Ahnold and Gray Davis, who did I choose? Oh please...
Posted: Fri - November 14, 2003 at 07:32 PM
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