Hart went on a boat with Donna Rice and two other friends. The media never had any more evidence than that that he had an affair, but they crucified him for "having an affair" just the same. The same news media for months pretended that they didn't beieve that Clinton was having sex with Monica, and played it up as a plot of the evil "Religious Right."
Last time around it took years to find Saddam's hidden WMD. This time in a matter of weeks we've found protective gear, vaccines, shell for delivering chemical/biological agents, Iraqis who worked on the WMD, and 18 buried mobile biological warefare labs. I'm not clear why anyone still thinks we haven't found WMD. Are we waiting until American soldiers come down with anthrax? You'll also recall that Mush II cited Iraqi support for Al Queda as a reason to go to war. Nobody seems to recall that anymore, but we have found Al Queda agents in Iraqi--and of course the Al Queda training camp up in the north of Iraq. In a message dated 6/3/03 9:59:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I don't believe Gary Hart was ruined by "scandal", per se. > >First, he supported a very unpopular, but I think kinda OK, > >50 cent/gal tax on gasoline. When gas about $1/ gal (including > >taxes). This made the unsure very unsure. > >Only second did he publicly claim something like he > >would never cheat/ have an affair ... and reporters are welcome > >to follow him ... and then he did have an affair and it was > >seen by the reporters who followed him. > > > >It wasn't even so much hypocrisy, like Bennett's critics of his > >(because his gambling) moralizing -- it was Hart's public "lie". > > > >"I am honest, no affairs, you can follow me" ... what a joke. > > > >I actually think this was most like George I "read my lips" ... > >followed by a tax increase, and a total loss of credibility. > > > >And as I write this, the flap about WMDs is because Bush II, and Blair, > >essentially guaranteed that Iraq had them. Not finding them becomes > >a threat to their ability to guarantee anything; no trust, no vote. > > > >Clinton's scandal(s) did not materially affect his supporter's trust > >in him on the issues. > > > >Tom Grey
