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Derek Strong wrote:
>
> Now, I know this isn't the most directly "extropian" topic... In many ways
> what the U.S. President does or doesn't do is irrelevant...
>
> <RANT>
>
> Am I the only one pissed off by the apparent fact that so many
> people want to hang him if it turns out he had an affair? I mean, come on! I
> saw one quote from one of the lawyers who, while not rushing to judgement about
> the veracity of the claims, said that if the claims were true, it would mean
> that the president is a misogynist.
>
> On what planet?
>
> Did anyone else ever see an obscure movie called "Eating the Rich"? Among a
> variety of strange plotlines, there is the story of a high-ranking Government
> Official who gets trapped in a sex scandal based on having had an extramarital
> affair. The person who sets him up hopes, of course, that this will ruin the
> Official and force him from office. Except in that story, the trap backfires.
> The Official's popularity soars like never before, as the Tabloids run story
> after story about how the Official "gets his little bit on the side."
>
> I've always loved that line, and wish it were more like that in this country.
> Does anyone, in this day and age, actually believe that a guy like Clinton is
> a wife-loving family man? That he could possibly resist the allure of
> sex brought by the mystique of being powerful? Of course not.
>
> But once it's out in the open, well, then we'd better hang him, eh?
>
> </RANT>
>
> Sorry for taking up bandwidth with nothing more than a complaint.
>
> Derek Strong
> derek@zhmort.com
> http://www.zhmort.com/