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Grex Storage Item 22: The Whitewater affair [linked]
Entered by omni on Mon Apr 4 08:00:13 UTC 1994:

 

  We have been silent on this MUCH too long....

 Whitewater. Is this a scandal, or is it something that is being used
to keep President Clinton from passing healthcare and other vitareforms
for this country.

 Let us discuss Whitewater.

6 responses total.

#1 of 6 by hawkeye on Mon Apr 4 14:41:49 1994:

#0 assumes that the govt. works on one issue, one-at-a-time.  Even through
all the brouhaha, Congress is still lurching along on Welfare and Health
reform.

#2 of 6 by kaplan on Mon Apr 4 17:55:59 1994:

If Bush and Regan could get away with diverting funds to the Contras, how
can we possibly hold Clinton responsible for a little corruption in
Arkansas?  Clinton is a politician.  Politicians are required to be slimy. 
If you don't want slimy politicians, start by outlawing campaign
contributions over $6 per month or $60 per year....

#3 of 6 by omni on Mon Apr 4 20:31:58 1994:

 in 0, I was infering that the Republicans (Dole/Gingrich/D'Amato) want
the Clinton healthcare plan to be killed, and if they keep regurgitating
whitewater, sooner or later it will be killed.

   I have read and seen all the so-called explanations of the supposed
deal that transpired and from what I see, it is Much Ado about Nothing
(apologies to the Bard). But no, in this age of questioning the questioners
I suspect that this media feeding frenzy will continue until Mr. Clinton
resigns.

#4 of 6 by hawkeye on Tue Apr 5 13:08:51 1994:

The *Clinton* healthcare plan *is*, for all intents and purposes, dead.  
However there are enough variations of that theme floating around that
something similar *will* pass.
 
To me, Whitewater boils down to one thing:  The perception of Bill Clinton
as being "above the greed of the '80s" and "the most ethical administration
ever".  All Whitewater has shown is that he is like every other politician.
 
And there is no way on Earth that he will resign.  Somebody would have to
prove he pulled the triger that killed Vince Foster for that to happen...

#5 of 6 by aweiss on Thu Apr 7 07:13:30 1994:

  The whole thing is designed to be a distraction from Health care reform
and other issues, and to hurt Clinton's chances in '96.  I'm sorry to say that 
it looks like it's working.

#6 of 6 by roz on Tue Apr 19 15:37:27 1994:

The significance of Whitewater (and the 'why and how' of Hillary's
big commodities profits) is the window it might give into the motivations,
character and reliability of the two most influential people in the U.S.
If the incometax disparities are not honest mistakes but instead are
intent to cheat, that tells the voters something about the basis on
these folks make their decisions.  That will help me evaluate whether
or not to give them more time at the top.

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