People who live in glass
houses should not throw stones.
Jesus says.....Let he who
is without sin cast the first stone.
The Bible tells us.....As
ye sow, so shall ye reap. The good Book comments.....How the mighty will fall.
Justin Timberlake wrote
a song titled.....What Goes Around, Comes Around.
From biblical times to
every day accepted admonitions to modern day song, the message is clear.
Beware. Bad deeds return to bite you in the ass.
The thrust of this column
involves the Bill Clinton impeachment proceedings. Brought about by his sexual
affair with Monica Lewinsky in the White House. During times when Lewinsky was
a federal intern or employee. The affair involved oral copulation. Never
intercourse.
Clinton was impeached by
the House of Representatives and following trial by the Senate acquitted.
Certain elected officials
pursuing Clinton's impeachment were adulterers or guilty of other
deviant sexual behavior. Prior to, during and subsequent to Clinton's
acquittal.
This column examines the
conduct of such persons. Elected officials dirty themselves. Perfect examples
of the pot calling the kettle black.
All to be discussed were
Republicans. Clinton a Democrat.
Newt Gingrich was the
leader of the Republican revolution in 1994. The Republicans took control of
Congress for the first time in 44 years. Gingrich soon became Speaker.
Gingrich led the
impeachment drive. He thought it despicable that the President, a
federal official, would have sex in a federal building, the White House, with a
federal intern/employee.
While the drive to
impeachment was going on, Gingrich was having an affair with Callista Bisek,
a House of Representative staffer. She was 23 years his junior. The sexual
relationship ran 1993 to 1998 at which time Gingrich resigned from the House of
Representatives. He admitted to the affair.
Gingrich was married to
his second wife during the time of the affair. Divorced the second wife and
married Bisek after his resignation.
Robert Livingston was a
Louisiana Congressman. He called for the resignation of Clinton. The
Republican conference voted for Livingston to succeed Gingrich as
Speaker.
Soon after the conference
vote and before the official vote, it was discovered Livingston had multiple
extramarital affairs. His wife encouraged him to resign from Congress and urge
Clinton do the same. Livingston resigned. Clinton did not.
Dennis Hastert of
Illinois voted for Clinton's impeachment. He was elected Speaker following the
Gingrich and Livingston resignations.
Hastert served eight
years as Speaker. Then resigned. Resigned because he wanted to. He was not
forced to do so for any reason.
Last year, Hastert was
indicted for violation of federal banking rules.
In his early years, Hastert was
a school teacher and coach. It was discovered he had sexually abused three of
his students. One of the students wanted Hastert to pay him to not
publicly reveal the matter. Hush money.
Hastert paid this
individual $1.7 million over a period of time. It was how Hastert made
the payments that violated federal law.
Bob Barr of Georgia was
one of the leaders in the move to impeach Clinton. He was the first lawmaker to
publicly call for Clinton's resignation because of the Lewinsky matter. He was
one of the mangers (prosecutors) during the impeachment trial itself before the
Senate.
It was discovered Barr
had an affair while married.
Dan Burton was another
holier than thou.
He too was a leader in
seeking Clinton's impeachment. He said, "No one.....should be allowed
to get away with sexual improprieties."
In 1998, Vanity Fair
revealed Barr had an affair in 1983. The affair produced a child. Barr admitted
fathering a son with a former state employee.
Helen Chenoweth-Hage was
a Congressperson from Idaho. She called and voted for Clinton's impeachment. In
1998, she admitted to having an affair with a married man for six years. This
was before her entering Congress. She was single at the time.
Henry Hyde was a major
Congressional figure during impeachment time. He was one of those pushing for
Clinton's impeachment. He was Chairman of the Managers (Chief Prosecutor) who
presented evidence against Clinton during the Senate trial.
His affair came to light
in 1998, also. It was claimed he had an affair from 1965-1969. Before his
election to Congress. The affair was with a married woman who had three
children. Hyde was 41 at the time the affair began. He was married.
Hyde admitted to the
affair in 1998. He blamed it on "youthful indiscretion."
News of Hyde's affair
broke while Hyde was spearheading impeachment proceedings.
Stephen C. La Tourette voted
to impeach Clinton. He was having an affair at the time with his Chief of
Staff, Jennifer Laptook. La Tourettewas married at the time.
David Vitter's story
is interesting. Both Vitter and Livingston were from
Louisiana. Vitter took over Robert Livingston's seat when
Livingston resigned because of his extra marital affair.
Vitter said at the
time, "I think Livingston's stepping down makes a very powerful argument
that Bill Clinton should resign as well."
Vitter went on to
become a U.S. Senator.
In 2007, Vitter was
seeking the Republican nomination for President. His campaign came to an
immediate halt when Vitter's name was discovered in the address book
of DC Madam Deborah Jane Palfrey.
You may ask why this
article at this time. The reason is the present state of the
smoldering Trump/Clinton war.
Clinton charges Trump is
a sexist. Probably so. Trump responds with a warning. Saying in effect if
you're going to get into sex, BE CAREFUL.
Neither is Simon pure.
There appears to be checkered activities by both in years gone by.
I fear the election is
going to get down and dirty. Perhaps the dirtiest Presidential campaign ever. Gutter politics at its
worst.
No one will come out
clean.
Nor will the American
people benefit.
It bothers me that sex continues to be
so important in the United States. European nations laugh that we give sex such importance.
I believe we may be at
that time when we give less importance to the sexual lives
of people. We live in an age where same sex marriage is legal. Transgenderism is
accepted In many states. California has laws protecting transgenders in
certain situations.
People cohabit and live
many years or all their years as a family. Bearing children.
Never marrying.
Heterosexual divorce is
no longer a bar to the Presidency.
Bisexuality does not seem
to phase anyone. Homosexuality in the military no longer a problem.
It is a new world. It may
be anti-religious. It may not be what all of us like.That is the
way it is, however.
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