WHITEWATER REVISITED

Stewart was soon followed by Susan Schmidt, the Washington Post reporter who gained notoriety as one of Starr's most pliant outlets. In a question-and-answer session on the Post's Web site, Schmidt spun furiously about the "significant criminal convictions" won by Starr and the issues of "character and honesty" raised by Whitewater. But one question put to Schmidt by a reader encapsulated the confusion and frustration that must be felt by any citizens still paying attention to this story: "Can you tell me precisely what the Clintons are supposed to have done and what the key evidence was?" Schmidt took a pass and quickly logged off. But that plaintive query deserves a candid answer, as do the many other inquiries that seem to have been left unaddressed by the mainstream media -- most of which seems eager to abandon Whitewater as the embarrassment it has been.

The short, accurate reply to the above question is that the supposed offenses of the Clintons kept changing to suit the desire of prosecutors (and some reporters) to keep the scandal alive.

Just in case anybody's forgotten, the Whitewater scandal (you remember, the one that ended up with the bullshit impeachment of President Clinton for lying about a lousy blowjob) was a totally concocted pretext for a multi-million dollar, publicly funded, partisan witch hunt against the Clinton administration. This witch hunt was cheered on and enabled by some of the very same people who are currently ruining our economy, turning the world against us, and helping the Bush administration get away with amazing and evil feats that would have brought down Clinton in a heartbeat.

Here is a well written recap of the maddening affair.

Thanks to Eschaton.

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