WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! TUESDAY APRIL 18 2000 • Joseph Farah is editor of WorldNetDaily.com. • ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- How Clinton 'saved the Constitution' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- I left Washington a day early. Had I still been there last Thursday, I could have witnessed a historic speech -- right in the very hotel where I was staying until the day before! What I missed was President Clinton explaining to hundreds of newspaper editors from around the country how he "saved the Constitution" by fighting his impeachment on perjury and intern-shtupping charges. I'm not kidding. Read it for yourself. When asked how the presidential museum in Arkansas might deal with the impeachment legacy, Clinton boldly pronounced: "We'll have to deal with it, it's an important part of it (his administration). I am proud of what we did there because I think we saved the Constitution of the United States." That's what he said. I don't make 'em up, folks. I'm just the messenger. And there's more: "But as a political matter, you have no idea -- I'm not ashamed of the fact that they impeached me," he said. "That was their decision, not mine. And it was wrong. As a matter of law, the Constitution and history, it was wrong. And I am glad I didn't quit and I'm glad we fought it. And the American people stuck with me, and I am profoundly grateful." Clinton also claimed he's "not interested" in being pardoned for any crimes he may have committed. This was on the minds of editors following the Washington Post story last week suggesting Independent Counsel Robert Ray may indict the president after he leaves office. But Clinton skillfully evaded the real question. He never said whether he would accept a pardon. Of course he would. And there's little question Vice Perpetrator (credit to Rush Limbaugh for this title) Al Gore would grant him one should he be elected. "The answer is I have no interest in it. I wouldn't ask for it. I don't think it would be necessary," the president told the convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. "I am prepared to stand before any bar of justice I have to stand before." Clinton was fuming over facing such questions following a speech he hoped would help establish his political legacy. "I've paid quite a lot," he said. "I struggled very hard to save my relationship with my wife and my daughter. ... I made a terrible mistake of which I am deeply regretful. But I think that the average, ordinary person reviewing the wreckage left in that would say that I paid for that." Clinton needn't worry too much, though. Anyone expecting an actual indictment from the independent counsel's office before or after Clinton leaves office will be waiting a very long time. Recall that Ray's predecessor, Kenneth Starr, frequently leaked stories to the press about imminent indictments of first lady Hillary Clinton and many other figures close to the president. They never materialized. Starr was hardly the Torquemada-style inquisitor as Clinton portrayed him. He was either a Boy Scout way over his head in dealing with a criminal racketeer in high office or a skilled cover-up artist himself. Take your pick. Ray will be no better. The word on the street is he's gearing up his own political career -- as a Democrat. But, no worries. The Constitution has been preserved. The republic has been saved. In fact, as time goes by, I think Clinton's story will get even better. I have no doubts that once he leaves office we may even hear that he only committed perjury and those other crimes in a noble, self-sacrificing effort to create the showdown to save the Constitution. It was necessary. He had to do it. Not ashamed? You kidding? He's proud. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- A daily radio broadcast adaptation of Joseph Farah's commentaries can be heard at KTKZ in Sacramento and the Internet portal OnePlace.com E-mail to a friend Printer-friendly version **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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