Comments on: Full Of Passionate Intensity http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/01/19/full-of-passionate-intensity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=full-of-passionate-intensity n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pacific moderate http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/01/19/full-of-passionate-intensity/comment-page-1/#comment-29840 Pacific moderate Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:52:22 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=8142#comment-29840 There does seem to have been a change in thinking among some of these commentators on this subject since, say, Bill Clinton's second term. "If he did lie under oath...regardless of why he did this...then that is exactly why he should not be pardoned. The reliability of witness testimony under oath is essential to the proper functioning of the system, and cooperation with investigators is an equally important part, and it is unacceptable to undermine this." Wasn't that the crux of the impeachment case against President Clinton? There does seem to have been a change in thinking among some of these commentators on this subject since, say, Bill Clinton’s second term.

“If he did lie under oath…regardless of why he did this…then that is exactly why he should not be pardoned. The reliability of witness testimony under oath is essential to the proper functioning of the system, and cooperation with investigators is an equally important part, and it is unacceptable to undermine this.” Wasn’t that the crux of the impeachment case against President Clinton?

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