# Republican Hypocrisy re Clinton's Morals

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-hypocrisy-re-clintons-morals/137552>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 19, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-hypocrisy-re-clintons-morals/137552 "2002-11-19T16:59:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-hypocrisy-re-clintons-morals/137552/61 "2002-11-23T21:09:45Z")

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> Curiously timed? Almost a year before the election?

During the New Hampshire primary campaign, which had the power to kill his stil-outside candidacy. Remember all the self-absorbed pundits calling him a “political corpse” after the story was issued?

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> She had been making the accusation for much longer, but only then released her tape.

You mention the tape as if it were only incidental. Well, you may be “curious” about that if you like.

Re CBS, perhaps so. Compare and contrast to Fox’s coverage of Bush, if you like. BTW, “60 Minutes” is always on Sunday night, and the Super Bowl is always just before the New Hampshire primary.

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**Author:** ![IzzyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@IzzyR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzyR)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-hypocrisy-re-clintons-morals/137552/62 "2002-11-24T00:22:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \*  
> But the purported facts of the “case” were about perjury, not “wrong worldview”. You denied to the point of calling it absurd that the impeachment was pursued for political reasons. The statements of the primary proponent of it, the functioning leader of the Republican Party at the time after Gingrich’s abdication, reveal otherwise. You were wrong. OK?

This is not the first time you’ve distorted my words. Last time, you did not even acknowledge my correction of this. Here’s what I actually said (emphasis added):

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> \*Originally posted by IzzyR \*  
> But your suggestion that the Republicans **knew their charges were baseless and** consciously went after Clinton for political reasons is absurd, of course. (As would be a similar charge about Democrats).

Liar.

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> \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \*  
> You don’t admit being wrong very well, do you?

Glad you were able to come up with that. Adds a lot.

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