Spaw: I suppose a case can be made for "selective" or "acceptable" lying. One was successfully made, I suppose, because the President wasn't convicted by the Senate.

If money is the issue (and I agree the amount spent was ridiculous), all of that money could have been saved had the President simply told the truth. Es so? And it is worth remembering also that the Attorney General's appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate the Clintons was not based on sexual charges.

The investigation of the President's behaviour in the Oval Office never could have taken place had the three judge panel, or the Attorney General, not approved of it.

I know you were kidding about the "far right," I don't consider myself in that category at all, though many here on the Mudcat do, I'm sure. I am pro choice, for example. I know of no far righter in either party that shares my opinion on that.

I just regret that the whole question of abortion has become a political one. Surely there are enough issues that separate the two parties without abortion becoming the pivotal one. Many feel, I guess, that there is not.

I apologize for the Thread creep, but did want to reply to your message, Spaw, and thought others might want to comment on mine.

DougR