Within a span of two weeks, your newspaper published two outrageous letters to the editor. On June 1, A.J. Hope wrote that Richard Nixon was “run off by the media, for far lesser crimes than what [Bill] Clinton made everyone endure,” as if ordering an armed robbery and directing its cover-up were trivial compared to the heinous crime of lying about sex.
Hardly.
Nixon was forced to resign because of the certainty of a guilty verdict by the U.S. Senate, the same body that would not give a simple majority vote for the two articles of impeachment brought against Clinton.
The other essay, my favorite, was written on May 18 by Al Carli, blaming Bill Clinton for, get this, the increasing amount of oral sex practiced by teenage girls today, a practice that is “running rampant,” he says. And he knows this practice is, in fact, running rampant because–are you ready–he heard it on “Oprah.”
I am seriously disturbed by reports that Clinton actually balanced the budget and produced a revenue surplus. Or that he worked so diligently for peace in the Middle East that for a while there was no violence. Unemployment reached an all-time low during his tenure and an independent special prosecutor spent more than $50 million over five years investigating him and only found a dirty dress.
Clinton was a self-made man, a Rhodes Scholar, born without a silver spoon in his mouth, respected throughout the world, sensitive to the environment, mindful to the plight of the poor and always the most intelligent man in the room. He was a president who worked 10 to 20 hours a day.
But I’m sure these last rumors are not true because I didn’t hear them on “Oprah.”
