> Gentry wrote:
> >What do you all think of that broadcast tonight?
I think it's creating a serious draw on bandwidth today--DC web traffic
is crawling today. :P
>I personally dont care
> >that he was with her, I just dont appreciate being lied to.
But we don't punish presidents for that, because we essentially hold
them to double standards (i.e., be what we can't be ourselves, but then
don't tell us when you're not). If lying under oath were punishable,
Bush and Reagan would be sharing a jail cell with Ollie North.
Interesting thing, that being lied to stuff. Gary Hart told the truth
about it . . . didn't do him much good. Barney Frank lied about his
sexuality for years, voters rewarded him for it. Newt Gingrich, George
Will, Rush Limbaugh and several other conservative family-values
loudmouths have all publicly (and repeatedly) mischaracterized their
mistreatment of their former wives and family, and it's overlooked.
Public is too fickle.
This story is, as people are finally figuring out, more of interest to
the washington media (who apparently hate any story that requires
leaving town, or doesn't leave them 8 hours a day to sit outside
someone's office in an air conditioned van drinking coffee and gabbing)
than anyone else. Amazing to see them sit there nightly and act
dumbfounded as to why the majority of people just don't care.
But what does any of this have to do with running the country? Be nice
if
the politicians all spent some of this apparent free time they have for
all this
nonsense reading a few books about how the net works . . . .
On the good side, at least Ted Kennedy has the brains to lie low this
week *chuckle*
>He used his
> >power, the white house, and his staff to hide his lie. Just remember, if it
> >had been you or I that lied, we would be in jail for purgery.
Not really true. Of an estimated 80,000 (if I remember the number
right) cases of suspected perjury in civil suits in the US last year,
something like 80 resulted in convictions. The odds of Bill Gates
personally coming over to fix your Windows98 install are probably better
than going to jail for perjury.
I'm interested, though, to see if this has an bearing on privacy issues
overall, and with respect to the net in particular. Sensitivity levels
are way up, and there must be a few thousand Drudge wanna-be's out there
looking at other politicians (and hopefully some of these
holier-than-though reporters, too). Wonder if we've really reached our
limits, or if the door is just being wedged open . . .
B
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