AARON LEWING'S EDITORIAL
Aaron Lewing, The Washington Times, & House Managers PAC
(with permission)
31 July 2000
(Hello again
concerned citizens, We wanted to share with each of you the text
of a letter to the editor that ran in the 08 July 2000 edition
of the Washington Times. The editorial captures the spirit of
our cause and we hope that you will find it to be good reading.
Letters to the editor of your local newspapers are an effective
way to share your views on our Constitution and the Rule of Law
as it pertains to the Clinton presidency. We encourage you to
make your voices heard either by speaking to friends or perhaps
writing an editorial of your own. No effort is too small to make
a difference. Aaron Lewing's editorial is quoted below. --House
Managers PAC.)
"Cal
Thomas' July 5 column ("Day of reckoning for Clinton?" Commentary)
got me to thinking about the president and his addiction to lawlessness.
On examining the impeachment proceedings, my thoughts focused
on the House managers. Not too long ago, 13 members of the House
of Representatives accepted the duty to serve as managers and
present the case for impeachment of President Clinton before the
Senate.
At
the time, many pundits and other talking heads expounded on both
the severity of impeachment and the near-useless efforts of the
managers to try Mr. Clinton for high crimes and misdemeanors.
We were all subjected to a justification of moral haphazard conduct
and a whimsical dismissal of anything that resembled evidence
of criminal wrongdoing. There were myopic parallels drawn to the
impeachment proceedings brought against Richard Nixon, and no
one seemed to care that this was not the most ethical administration
in history. Does it matter now more than it mattered then? Arguably,
the protectors and enablers of Mr. Clinton will continue to wring
their hands and lament the harsh criticism and unfair judicial
treatment of the president. Now we hear of possible disbarment
in Arkansas of Mr. Clinton. The president's path of shame and
deceit winds on and on.
When
popular support failed for impeachment, the House managers remained
true to their cause and their principles. When the Senate sat
silent and got bored with the detailed account of corruption and
deceit fostered and nurtured by the president, the House managers
pressed forward out of respect for the Constitution and reverence
for the trust given to members of Congress. We must not forget
the representatives who served as House managers and those who
voted to remove the president. We can count on Mr. Clinton's cronies
to do anything possible to remove the managers this fall. Now
is the time to exercise our power and send a message to those
who believe the rule of law is dead in America."
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