"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
> The net result of impeachment would be to make Al Gore President, tilting
> the Administration at least slightly to the Left, and forcing the
> Republicans to run against an incumbent for the second eleciton in a row.
>
Oh. You mean like Ford in '76, after Watergate.
> *HOW*, pray tell, did this benefit Republicans?!?!?!?!?
>
> It just doesn't add up.
>
> If you are going to accuse the Republicans of pure partisnaship, be it you,
> or Kristin, or whomever, you should at least try and describe a reasonable
> partisan advantage to explain the partisanship. Otherwise it just sounds
> like you are calling partisanship anything that disagrees with your own
> peculiar viewpoint.
>
Gee, John, do ya think that the Lewinski scandal might have influenced a few
votes in the last election? I'm of the opinion that there was a large segment
of the population had made up their minds to vote against the Democrats no
matter what other issues loomed, and that that was enough to tip the balance.
Doug
