Just because you can’t past guilt-by-association and ad hominem arguments to deal with more substantive issues does not mean other conservatives on this site cannot. I am hoping that Bookworm has, can or will open up those discussions.

Actually, Clinton was sued for sexual harrassment in civil court, and it was his perjurious testimony in that suit that started the whole impeachment thing. If he had just settled with Paula Jones, the whole thing would have gone away.

You seriously did not intend the following as an insult?

>>Bookworm, can you point me to your posts that have the most substantive take on the issues you think most important in this campaign? It’s hard to know where they are. Where do I find the critique of Obama and McCain’s energy policies, tax policies, immigration, trade policies, foreign policies, legal philosophies, etc.? Obama, as you point out, has a light-weight record to flesh these out–where do I find your fill-in-the-gaps kind of postings? McCain, as should be pointed out, has changed his views recently to accomodate his part–where do I find the which-is-the-real-McCain discussions?>>

I have more of a problem with the Presidential libraries and the outrageous fundraising for them, since that fundraising occurs while they are still in office.

#2 – I blame Republican Senators’ cowardice and lack of principles, which sadly is still much in effect today (please don’t interpret this as an endorsement of the Senate Democrats, which I consider much, much worse). Personally, I would have preferred that criminal investigations into other issues had gone on, such as into the nature of the relationship between Clinton and the Chinese, but that will have to be left to historians. The country was understandably tired of it all.

#3. – I think that we agree on this one as well.

Let me, for once, throw you some bipartisan meat to chew on…

if you want to know what truly does outrage me about both Republicans AND Democrats is how past-Presidents (or ANY past Cabinet official or elected senator or representative) should be permitted to collect massive speaking “fees” (post hoc bribes is more like it) from foreign entities once they leave office. I hold both Bush I and Clinton in contempt for their speeches in Saudi Arabia and Dubai once they left office.

1. I agree.

2. I kind of agree. And I think the Clintons are crooked. Still, the fact remains that he was impeached for lying about something totally unrelated to Whitewater, and all of the criminal investigations stopped when the Clintons left office. Now I ask you, what does that show? That the GOP was out for justice or merely playing politics?

3. I kind of agree. I think Charles de Gaul said it best, when he remarked that America is the daughter of Europe but that she stopped living in its house long ago. I think America should not want to be like Europe; however, I also think that Europe should not want to be like the US, and there should be mutual respect of and a willingness to learn from one another.