"No? I suppose that Richard Clark is lieing thru his teeth to sell books."

I honestly don't know what Clarke's doing. I do trust the Washington Post's comparison of the actual actions of the two administrations (neither really did anything significant) over his perceptions of who thought what.

"Clinton's sin was not that he had sex with Monica, and not that he lied under oath, but merely this: HE GOT CAUGHT LYING!!!"

There's a modicum of truth in that. I wasn't that offended with Clinton until he looked into the camera and said he didn't have sex with that woman. I formed this clear impression that he lied to the public becausae he thought we were all too stupid to know he was lying. Why not? He'd gotten away with it before. He brazened it out instead of telling the truth despite knowing that we'd be seeing evidence he lied before long.

In this part of the world, the stupidest lie is one you know you're going to get caught at. I know you'll bring up Bush and WMDs, but I honestly believe if he or major players in the Administration they would have salted Iraq with WMDs long ago and this would never have come up. I'll freely admit very bad judgement. That they lied in this is simply improbable.