----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 12:19 AM Subject: Re: Steel tariffs
> At 11:45 PM 3/15/02 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: > >The American people wanted Nixon impeached when, > >after firing the special prosecuter and the attorney general, he was finally > >forced by the Supreme Court to give up evidence that showed his involvement > >in the coverup of breaking and entering. > > Thank you for making my point. Once the coverrup, ie the lies, were > exposed - Nixon was forced to resign. Because of the nature of what he did compared to what Clinton did. It was the _voters_ who decided that Nixon would have to resign, not the Republican party. As it was, the Democrats has a near record off year election after Nixon resigned. IMHO, the voters have the right to influence the decisions of Congress. The Iran-Contra affair ended early becasue the Democrats has a fairly decent idea of which way the political winds were blowing. Even though Ollie North was culpable enough to be convicted later, he gave a good enough presentation at his Senate hearing so that he came across as a hero. The Iran-Contra investigation was dead in the water at that point. I think the voters were right in ensuring that the Clinton impeachment did not go forward, while I think they were wrong in stopping the investigation of Iran-Contra. But, no matter what, I think it is the right of the voters to determine whether a president stays or not. Dan M.
