Then came the dress, the tapes, and the Federal grand jury. The attempt to obstruct and cover-up grew, expanded, and developed a life of its own. It overpowered theunderlying offense itself. A new strategy was required, fast: ThePresident was advised: `Admit the sex, but never the lies.' Shift the blame; change the subject. Blame it on theplaintiff in theArkansas case. Blame it on herlawyers. Blame it on the Independent Counsel. Blame it on partisanship. Blame it on the majority members of the House Judiciary Committee. Blame it on the process.
For our country to be safe fromterrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Ourfreedom is at stake here.
Harriet Miers is totally qualified for theSupreme Court of the United States. Her legal background, her absolute leadership in the legal field when she was a practicing lawyer are unqualified.
And secondly, I certainly hope that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not some perjury technicality where they couldn't indict on the crime and so they go to something just to show that their two years of investigation was not a waste of time and taxpayer dollars.