Interesting thing about Clinton, at the time the allegations were levelled, his advisors told him to lie about it, arguing that admitting it immediately would cost him his presidency. Clinton did what Bush did....he followed the advice of his advisors.
The "if you'd only told us the truth in the beginning" argument seems great after people have had some time to digest what has gone on. What they dont always take into consideration is the knee-jerk reaction that a sudden admission can cause at the time. Often times when that occurs, the "at least he told us the truth" crowd is usually drowned out by the much louder "let's lynch him!" crowd. Clinton certainly survived his ordeal...so in a sense his advisors might of been right. > Gruss, > I also think that there is another reason. If you make a decision based off > of the information at hand at that time and it turns out that the > information was wrong, is that a mistake? One can question the timing -- > should we wait for more information -- and that might be viewed as a > mistake, but if the information at the time is urgent, then again one could > very well argue that no mistake was made. > > Now, don't confuse this with accepting Bush's inability to analyze his > decisions. I've stated before that I view this as a weakness. But I think > that with this president more than any other, people are clamoring for the > "I could have done better/I made a mistake" statement. Kind of like what we > wanted from Clinton with the Monica thing - if he'd just said right when it > came out that he'd made a mistake, only the hard-core haters would have > cared. > <snip> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132977 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
