Kenneth Starr says he shouldn't have been involved in Lewinsky case

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/11633179p-12522663c.html

Kenneth Starr says he never should have led the investigation that resulted in the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton.

The former independent counsel, now dean of the Pepperdine University law school, says "the most fundamental thing that could have been done differently" was for somebody else to have investigated Clinton's statements under oath denying he had an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Starr said his role in a yearslong investigation of Clinton should have focused instead on Clinton's role in the failed Arkansas land deal known as Whitewater.

"There was a sense on the part of the country that my (Lewinsky) effort was an effort somehow to expand the (Whitewater) investigation, when it was separate," he told the Santa Barbara News-Press following a speech on Wednesday.

[hatrack]

1. Fuck you, Ken Starr

Fuck your unctuous self-righteousness and your phony dismay at what's happened to the electoral process.

I hope you die soon, of a painful, lingering illness, and that when you die, Satan will have an extra-long fork standing by with which to toast you.

Fuck you.

[Ardee]

7. Aww c'mon hatrack

tell us how you really feel......

I second the sentiment anyway. Starr is such a self serving bag of wind!

[Scrooge]

12. My sentiments

EXACTLY!! I only read the headline and thought that!

[calimary]

36. Fuck you, Ken Starr!!!! THERE. I said it, TOO.

And I meant every letter of every word in that.

The only bad part is that I can't say so to his smarmy, insipid, anemic assassin face.

I hope your karma comes back on you while I'm still around to celebrate.

[Buck Rabbit]

115. Let me try, I'm good at this.

Fuck you Ken Starr you fuck'n little lucky to ever be fucked miserable scum-fucker.

Languish in your fucked up legacy.

And yes, I too meant every word of it too.

[Rush1184]

149. FUCK YOU KEN STARR!!!! I HOPE YOU DIE SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY...

and rot slowly in hell.


GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!

(that felt good... I just needed to jump on the band wagon!)

[Isere]

43. And bugger you, too!

Unctuous self-righteousness is the perfect description for this slimy toad.
Unless you want to call him an oleaginous scold.

I don't wish a long, lingering illness on any human...even Starr.
But somehow, somewhere bad karma will beset him.

[The Backlash Cometh]

81. Unctuous.

You see, that's what I like about DU. You can really upgrade your lexicon of insults. Before I would have said, "Ken Starr, you oily bastard!" But today I can say, "Ken Starr, you unctuous cretin of questionnable breed!

[maxrandb]

132. Ken Starr Died and Went To Hell

The Devil told him that since he was such a special case, he could choose where in hell he would spend eternity.

First the Devil took him to the "false witness" room. Here there were several Republicans that Ken Starr recognized. As they ran around the room, large rabid dogs would corner them and then slowly rip them to pieces. Then their bodies would re-form and the process would start over. This would go on for all eternity. Ken Starr said he didn't like that room.

Then the Devil took Ken Starr to the "false christian" room. Here there were several Republicans the Ken Starr recognized. Large sweaty Roman guards would beat them to within an inch of their lives. Then they were crucified, only to get up again in 3 minutes, and the whole process began again, for all eternity. Ken Starr said he didn't like that room.

Then Ken Starr asked the Devil; "excuse me, but aren't there any Democrats in hell?" The Devil said, "yes, there is only one, but to see that we need to visit the sex room".

In the middle of the "sex room" was a giant heart shaped bed, tons of sumptuous food, and beautiful music. On the bed, Bill Clinton was receiving oral sex from a woman. Ken Starr looked around and said, "I choose this room to spend eternity".

The Devil smiled and said, "very well...Monica, YOU'RE RELIEVED NOW!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

85. Thanks, hatrack

You saved me the trouble.

May I add, though,

FUCK YOU, YOU PIOUS, SELF-SERVING, THIN-LIPPED, ANAL-RETENTIVE, ASS-SUCKER OF A FUCK?

Thank you.

It's important to be dignified, I think.

[Sideways]

100. ILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYOUILOVEYO

:loveya: First good laugh I've had today.

[VegasWolf]

119. ROFLMAO! Very clever Sideways! n/t

[OldLeftieLawyer]

135. Anytime, toots.........

The pleasure is all mine..... :)

[llmart]

101. You took the words right out of my mouth!

Thanks from all of us. Ken Starr is the epitome of a sexually repressed fundie who gets his jollies persecuting others. He's the scum of the earth.

[Demeter]

102. Why the Remorse?

He did the job, got outstanding rewards, is he ill?

Could this be an outbreak of ----CONSCIENCE?

[lancdem]

118. I'm not sure it's remorse

This is not the first time Starr has acted like he did his whole witch hunt reluctantly. I think it's nothing more than a bunch of insincere BS.

[Javaman]

103. Everyone, altogher! Fuck you, starr!!

[donheld]

136. Fuck you, starr!!

I heartily concur

[Toucano]

116. Ditto. EOM

[indepat]

145. Backwards, forwards, and sideways

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. This guy...

Is so frigging out there. Is he now remorseful about all the false witnessing and furtive masturbation he did back then?

[Chelsea Patriot]

87. Yea, Starr was rubbing his pathetic 2 inch penis the entire fucking time.

Then he would go home,put on his thong and fuck himself with a cigar shaped dildo.

Fuck You, Ken Starr!!! You Gaping Dildo Fuck Hole!! Fuck You!!!

Fuck You for Fucking This Country Up!

[BlueEyedSon]

3. NOW he tells us!

[kainah]

4. unbelievable

This man really has no shame. He shouldn't have even been appointed to investigate Whitewater. Robert Fiske was doing a perfectly good job, discovering that there was nothing to discover. But that wasn't good enough for the fundies and now, many years too late and many millions later, Kenneth Starr still can't see that the whole damned thing was wrong!!

[peacetalksforall]

69. And many ruined bank accounts of Clinton employees and friends who

had to appear before the grand jurys over and over for hours...and to our heroine, Susan, who lost a year and one half of her life.

And the Resolution Trust (U.S. Govt) had already investigated Whitewater and found the Clintons clean - BEFORE Scaife wrote the first check to start bringing Clinton down.

And Starr used his law firm to concoct the ruse to trap Clinton in the cover-up lie.

[dolo amber]

77. Many millions later

in his pocket from his book...I'm sure he'll donate it all to a worthwhile charity or something now that he's realized his transgression...:eyes:

Douchebag. :grr:

[Voltaire]

5. Yeah, well...

He can still go fuck himself. Sanctimonious bastard!

[hopein08]

6. Gee, do ya think?! n/t

[alexisfree]

8. such an ass...

:grr:

[VegasWolf]

9. A little late for that now asshole! n/t

[Vincardog]

10. But But But

Do you intend to stand there (Or lay there as the case may be) and tell me that after investigation Whitewater, Then Travlegate, Then Papergate and spending 60 Million dollars you were not expanding the investigation? :wtf: :puke:

Where the HELL is VOTERGATE?

[For PaisAn]

11. No f'ing kidding

"There was a sense on the part of the country that my (Lewinsky) effort was an effort somehow to expand the (Whitewater) investigation, when it was separate," he told the Santa Barbara News-Press following a speech on Wednesday.


Well maybe that's because that's exactly what he was doing.

[BiggJawn]

Really.

Whitewater? nope, nothing there....Travel Office? Damn, empty!... Monica? BING-FUCKIN'-OH!!!!!

Starr's just like the energiozer Bunny, he kept goin', and goin', and goin'...until he found something that would "stick".

To the tune of almost 100 Megabucks.

[calimary]

39. No shit.

Can I say it again?

FUCK YOU, ken starr!!!!

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE dear God, give me an opportunity, someday, somehow, somewhere, to say it to his face!

[AlCzervik]

13. Gee Ken, trying to get America to stop saying your name and the word hate

in the same sentence???

[Khephra]

14. I guess Starr was visited by the Ghosts of Christmas

Screw you, Scrooge! You're still a bastard!

[bunny planet]

46. LOL, seasonal humor

[SpiralHawk]

15. Doh !

A Big Frikkin Doh !

[Leilani]

16. Kenneth Starr has to live with what he did

He was headed for the Supreme Court...

now the closest to the Supremes he'll ever get is Pepperdine.

[MADem]

59. And that's only if the SUPREMES

(The reformatted group, not the original one with DIANA ROSS) decides to play the school!!!!

Ken Starr's only hope for redemption might be to go take over Mother Teresa's work, labor in sackcloth and ashes for the rest of his days, only returning to the states to crawl through cut glass to prostrate himself before Clinton, wash his feet and beg for his forgiveness.

Ken Starr is a pig. A disgusting, political, ideological pig. How he lives with himself, I cannot understand. He's totally without shame!

[Bullshot]

66. No, the closest thing Starr will get to a Supreme

is some blob of sour cream on his Taco Bell order.

[uncertainty1999]

83. HA HA HA HA

:-) good one!

[dbt]

17. On behalf of your innocent victims in Arkansas,

those who you ruined to try to get to Clinton,

BURN IN HELL.
BURN, MOTHERFUCKER.

You sorry sack of shit.

:nuke:
dbt

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

18. should have stuck with whitewater?

wasn't the reason he stsrted on monica the fact that the clintons were

innocent and starr knew it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

80. X-Actly n/m

[DeepModem Mom]

19. Do corporations want to hire an atty linked forever with Monica?

Maybe Starr's having second thoughts, as he realizes his place in the legal community, and the effect it may be having on his earnings as a lawyer.

[trumad]

24. Linda Tripp----Ken Starr Ken Starr-----Linda Tripp

I'm very satisfied that his name will be linked with hers for eternity.

[ronnykmarshall]

30. No shit.

They are two sorry ass excuses for humans.

[genieroze]

56. Linda Tripp = SKANK

[Journeyman]

20. IIRC, Starr had the opportunity to withdraw. . .

when he was first offered the position at Pepperdine Law. He actually accepted the position, and announced he was going to leave, when ubermenschmucks in the Reich prevailed on him to stay. So all his posturing today is nothing but that -- the self-serving efforts of a lesser human attempting to justify his pitiful failures.

[Just Me]

21. Too bad he failed to confess to his RW addiction to persecuting,...

,...anyone who fails his RW "litmus test".

This man has absolutely no sense of balance, whatsoever. He has been an ideological (every man for himself) advocate his whole life. He deserves to die a slow death (may it be an embarrassing one,...like HIV/AIDS).

[coreystone]

22. Ken Starr has no integrity to defend!

This notion is as though an amoeba has a 100% recovery rate after after a triple bypass!

:-(

[Piperay]

23. Hey asshole

there was nothing in Whitewater either you fucking loser! :mad:

[gnofg]

25. Atwater

Kind of like Atwater and just like Atwater there is a special place in hell for him

[goddess40]

26. Typical republican - do what ever the hell they feel like

to get the out come they want and then fake an apology later. Along the lines of "It's easier to get forgiveness than permission"

[Chalco]

27. If I ever run into

Ken Starr in the street, in a restaurant, in a bar...

I will spit at his feet.

I hate that SOB more than I could ever convey.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

71. You're too kind

If I meet him I'll beat the living shit out of him. There'd be nothing left because the man is nothing but shit.

[Chalco]

91. true

but as a 5'3" female I doubt I'd get very far trying to beat him. Although I'd love to watch you do it!

[coreystone]

28. How about the illegal Tripp tape with Lewinsky "recorded" Maryland?.....

"Winning is the only way, one can always apolgize later!" - Kennneth Starr

>sarcasm off

[glitch]

32. No one accepts his apologies. That's the beauty of not being a toadie.

Piss off Starr.

[ronnykmarshall]

29. BLOW ME !!

You lying mother fucker. I hate that this sack of shit now lives in my state. God help me if I ever see little bastard in public.

[Hand]

105. EWWWW!!!

Somehow, the thought.... a knob job from... Kenneth Starr. EWWWWW! Jaysus, be careful what you ask for.

:puke:

[Catherine Vincent]

31. EAT MY SHORTS, YOU DOUCHEBAG!

And I am sure the Clinton's would approve my message.

[Walt Starr]

33. I must state emphatically for the record

I am unrelated to this person.

My father's given name was Szczerbowecz.

He changed his name while in the Marine corps and chose Starr.

[AmandaRuth]

34. you know he knows i know everyone knows

that he wouldn't do a thing different, after all the object of the exercise was to get Clinton, by any means possible -

Thank you Ken Starr for helping me begin my enlightenment, making me pay attention, and wanting to get to the truth, finally becoming aware and now voting straight Dem for the rest of my life.

[judaspriestess]

35. Ok so what is he trying to accomplish here?

a chance at being attorney general?
puto!!

[Az_lefty]

37. Little late now, fuckhead.

[damntexdem]

38. Oh, wonderful, Kenny Baby!

Well, you had years to figure this out. Now, had you done so earlier, your name wouldn't be stuck so far into the mud.

[catzies]

40. I'm going to Malibu Sunday. If I see Starr, he gets a big fuck you

from me. Asshole motherfucking bastard.

[stevedeshazer]

41. Going McNamara, I see.

Didn't work for him, either. :eyes:

[David Zephyr]

42. Ken Starr ALWAYS Intended to Meld Jones into Whitewater

The hard facts of history clearly reveal that Ken Starr schemed to meld the Paula Jones lawsuit into the Whitewater investigation.

1.) Starr had been legally and intricately involved early on in Paula Jones' lawsuit against President Bill Clinton...long before he became the Whitewater Special Prosecutor.

2.) Ken Starr actively sought out to replace Robert Fiske, the first designated Special Prosecutor and did so already tainted with his involvement with the Jones lawsuit and with knowledge of Linda Tripp's relationship with Monica Lewinsky. http://www.salon.com/news/1998/09/cov_10newsb2.html; http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.statements/harkin.html

3.) Ken Starr personally pitched to Attorney General Janet Reno for the expansion of his failing and costly Whitewater investigation into the Jones/Lewinsky affair. Further, Starr intentionally DID NOT MENTION to Attorney General Janet Reno that he had been involved in the Paula Jones case. http://dir.salon.com/news/1998/10/26news.html

4.) Ken Starr intentionally allowed Linda Tripp to travel out of state to participate in the Paula Jones lawsuit and to divulge information to Jones' attorneys while he had prohibited EVERY other witness from speaking out at all...to establish a perjury trap for President Clinton.

5. Ken Starr now actually expects to whitewash his sinister role in American History with his laughable statement of "there was a sense on the part of the country that my (Lewinsky) effort was an effort somehow to expand the (Whitewater) investigation, when it was separate."

Poor Kenny Ken! He'll just never be able to rewrite the past which will forever cast him correctly as one of the most perverted and sick wackos in American judicial history...as the man who ordered the rifling of the First Lady's underwear drawer in the White House.

[texpatriot2004]

44. NO sh__ Sherlock! Starr has some nerve. We all know

(and we knew then too) that they were NOT separate investigations and the investigation had no integrity despite his defense.

"Starr, however, defended the integrity of the investigation."

I find this sentence from the article really interesting:

"It reinforced the proposition that all of us are subject to the law, no matter how high our station," he said. "The facts are the facts."

Hmm. The facts are the facts and we are all subject to the law no matter what our station, really? Then why are Bush and DeLay still in office?

[lancdem]

123. What's ironic is that if Clinton hadn't been president

the Jones lawsuit wouldn't have happened. It was his being president that made him a RW target in the first place. "Above the law" my ass!

[Catchawave]

45. Pepperdine? In Malibu CA ?

Last time I was there, that was the most liberal college on the left coast? How did he get a teaching gig there? The alumni must be thrilled. Not!

What a jerk that man is!

[Amy6627]

49. I don't think Pepperdine is liberal

they are a Christian based university.

[hollywood926]

51. LIBERAL COLLEGE? Noooo.

Pepperdine is a Christian university and is not liberal, I'm sad to say! (although there are some liberal students, of course)

Also, Ken Starr is the reason I decided not to apply to law school there, even though it would have been super convenient. I live very close by.

Waaa.

[elemnopee]

120. HOW COULD MY SCHOOL HIRE HIM???

I go to Pepperdine and our student body is largely conservative, but there is a growing number of liberals.

The faculty and administration at Pepperdine is quite liberal especially in the Religion(I know quite shocking) and Social Science Divisions

[VTHoosierPatriot]

144. ????

"Stay the fuck out of Malibu, Lebowski."
Was that Ken Starr who said that?

[FogerRox]

47. Ken Star used to represent

International Paper---And International Paper Sold land to the mcdougals and Clintons, the land known as the White water development.

I thought Ken was on the plane with Barbara Olsen? DArn---

[Stinky The Clown]

48. I have just the wish for this little weaslly .......

motherfucker .... I wish that the hole in the end of his winkie heals over and he explodes.

[imax2268]

50. up yours Ken Starr

without lube...

[Wapsie B]

52. God, between Ken Starr and Ben Stein,

Pepperdine must really have a conservative faculty. Gotta train those new Federalist Society members somewhere.

[stlsaxman]

53. I would just LOVE to see a video of Susan MacDougals reaction to this...

if she screamed at the top of her lungs I would scream with her-
if she wept I would weep with her-

but I think I'll scream at the top of my lungs and weep for her and all the rest of his victims regardless.

What a bastard.

on edit: She should sue him into bancruptcy... can she sue him? She and Julie Hiatt- Steele should riun his life like he ruined theirs and all the rest.

[Patiod]

127. That son of a bitch had McDougal kept in solitary

for refusing to lie. And ruined Julie Hiatt Steele.

Sanctimonious prick, with his ignorant self-flagellating Opus Dei staff scurrying to do his bidding (my cousin, who is very proud of being in Opus Dei, was one of his prosecutors).



:puke:

[chelsea0011]

54. What a PRICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[genieroze]

55. Shut up star

you repugnantkin shill whore.

[sendero]

57. I have a better idea...

... his mother should have swallowed.

[genieroze]

58. Want to go after a presidential criminal? Next time try BUSH!

I bet you won't come up empty handed with that one. No, BJ's but alot of
screwing with the country

[PDX Bara]

76. No BJ's?

How would we know for sure? If the story is true, the BFEE apparently pays/paid off the woman who aborted bush's "accident" well enough to keep her quiet.

[daleo]

60. "All we finally have is our reputation"

He wants to rehabilitate his. No dice.

[ourbluenation]

61. 6 years too late

what an a hole.

JTT

[donheld]

137. 6 years, $80 million too late

:grr:

[frustrated_lefty]

62. FUCK Ken Starr!

[Massachusetts]

63. More radio and media

Ga Ga....Is ken Starr related to Brenda starr?:wtf:

[tsuki]

64. Mea Culpa?

:boring:

[AgadorSparticus]

65. whitewater was nothing but a goose chase. millions of taxdollars

later, they still couldn't pin shit on the clintons. it was completely fabricated and starr now says he should have focused on THAT???? what the fuck is wrong with him? too much mercury or lead in his water?

this is too stupid for contemplation. it must be a weak diversionary tactic....

[proudbluestater]

67. Apparently he never knew the word "RECUSAL." asswipe n/t

[hippywife]

68. Well there's a blinding, if somewhat late, glimpse of the obvious! n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

70. Duh?

That's what everyone was saying during your whole witch hunt Starr. Was your head so far up your ass you couldn't hear?

[jhain]

72. Why, now?

Guess it is the MORALS thing.
I shall say FUCK you, too. For the 2nd time today. The first was at a traffic light when I was stuck behind a van plastered with Bush /Cheney stickers and one man /one woman stickers and God Bless America Stickers.

Continues to amaze me how they can bless America while excluding over half of us...

[MsMagnificent]

131. Heck, *Morals* don't worry Starr

He's just trying to protect his position, job and "reputation" by sounding, now, like a person who has MORAL INTEGRITY esp. as a (purported) NON-BIASED, "Officer of the Court"

He doesn't like being known to over half the country as an oozing, slimy, 2-faced, lying, leaking bastard.

Oh Boo Hoo Hoo

He cemented his own horrific reputation... now he doesn't like it
Just like a Republican -- do whatever you want then lie to try and convince others that he's really not such a bad psychopath
--exactly as child-molesters do.

May he rot in hell.

[flying_blind]

73. At risk of drunkenly wasting bandwidth

I must ask you, Duers

Why oh Why

What is it that is So Fucking Twisted about our culture

that makes us collectively

Shudder So

at

~sex~

while we

GLORIFY VIOLENCE

???

[flying_blind]

74. Fascism Anyone?

http://oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm

[AlFrankenFan]

75. A little late don't you think? My mom knew this asshole...

I should have asked her to slap him when she had the chance.

[lebkuchen]

90. I hope she didn't know him well~

I'd still be showering.

[mountainvue]

78. Gee Kenny, do ya think so?

Is he getting ready to run for something/die?

[The Backlash Cometh]

79. No shit, you son of a bitch.

It doesn't escape any of us that your tangent on the Lewinsky thing was a sign that you were shilling for the right-wingers. And it shocks me to this day that our nation has failed to miss the point that you found NOTHING on the Clintons in any of the original investigations.

You changed the rules, Starr. Until you came into the picture, a president's personal life was off-limits. You opened a door that will lead to your own kind getting the same treatment. The tide will turn. Little by little, Republicans will be forced to play by the same rules.

[susanna]

82. Oh, yeah!

Based on your well written reply, I'll just say:

1) I absolutely agree with you and
2) your screen name is spot-on...

:-)

[clem_c_rock]

84. And how much of our money did you waste on that?

How 'bout a refund Kenny Boy. I'm sure you make enough to cover it.

Too bad you can't give us back all our time you wasted.

Go Die

[OldLeftieLawyer]

86. Before you die, Starr,

it behooves you to write a letter of apology to the Clintons, to Susan MacDougal, and to everyone who had to mortgage their futures because of the legal bills you caused them to incur and whose reputations you tried to sully forever.

You should make all those letters public. I'm sure all the "liberal media" would be happy to carry that story.

Then, you take a .357 Magnum. You load it while you're sitting alone, in your underwear, sticky toilet paper stuck to your sorry excuse for a penis, in a room in a Holiday Express somewhere, and you carefully put the muzzle in your ..........

OK, I'm losing it here. Sorry.

[Hand]

106. Hey! You were just getting to the good part!

:evilgrin:

[Ksec]

88. Starr is a Traitorous piece of shit

[Lost4words]

94. now now you are being too kind. he is a dim patsy thats all.

Why the fuck pepperdine wants a repuke patsy as dean of law is way beyond me.

But then Californians have not shown a whole lot of intelligence lately have they?

[lebkuchen]

89. Starr is feeling uncomfortable with the US's date with disaster

which he had a hand in making.

[Paradise]

92. F*ck you, Ken Starr! n/t

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

93. Go Cheny yourself Starr. Your name is forever sullied.

This makes my blood boil. What he put this country through.

[dryan]

95. What is it with these....

people. Years ago when Roy Cohen was on his deathbed, he reportedly said that he had second thoughts about his prosecution of the Rosenbergs. When he was on his deathbed, Lee Atwater sent letters of apology to the Dukakises asking for their forgiveness. Now Kenneth Starr suddenly has pangs of guilt over the Lewinsky scandal. No dice, Ken.

[Lost4words]

96. I like the death bed part. n/t

[dryan]

104. My great uncle....

had been a guard during the original Nuremberg trials. He got to see the Nazi elite very up close and personal. Mainly because he spoke flawless German. I remember that he told me something that was very profound; if the Nazis had believed they were ultimately right about the Jews, etc. they would have stayed and not only fought to the last man and they would have been willing to defend their beliefs in court. Notice how many of them went and hid out in South America or committed suicide?

[warrens]

97. D-fucking-uh

Asswipe. If we could get him into a slapping booth at a buck a slap, we could pay off the national debt and have enough left over to pay for the reconstruction of Iraq.

[bushisanidiot]

98. There's a Special place in Hell for you, Starr.. no amount of crying and

"apologizing" is going to save you.

[Sparkle]

99. Too fucking late!

I will forever hate you for what you did to the Clinton's (and McDougal etc.)

!!!

[babun]

107. Karmic consequences

As evil and despicable as Ken Starr is, as are all the right-wingnuts that are his associates and partners-in-crime, I believe the saddest aspect is what his sliming of the decency, privacy and dignity of public office has ultimately led to.

Imagine what might have happened had this lunatic zealot not paralyzed an entire nation with his revolting sexual witch-hunt. Here are some of the distinct possibilities:

(1) Clinton would not have been needlessly hounded by these rabid dogs, thereby becoming more free to pursue necessary actions in the international arena.

(2) As a result of (1), chances are Clinton would have already tracked down the events and principals behind 9-11-2001, and neutralized the tragedy that was enabled by the Mafia of 2000.

(3) Clinton's ratings would be in the stratosphere, and Jerry Falwell's in the lowest depths of the netherworld. Thereby, the fundamentalist hoodlums would have remained buried in their dark caves.

(4) Riding Clinton's massive popularity, Al Gore would be a shoo-in as his successor.

(5) The Abominable Chimpman would remain the Crawford Cretin, and never be known to civilized people the world over, except for his own pathetic mafioso circle.

(6) Thousands of innocent lives would not be needlessly sacrificed at the altar of corporate greed, hatred, racism, fanaticism, and right-wing zealotry.

(7) There would be peace and prosperity in the world, and goodwill among human beings everywhere.

And so on and on.

A single Ken Starr has thus changed the world so much for the worse.

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

109. Wow, babun. Great First Post.

You write just like my sister. Very articulate.

And Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[demosincebirth]

134. He and his kind are the reason lawyers have a bad reputation.

[Felix Mala]

108. Remember who is funding Starr's chair at Pepperdine

Richard Mellon Scaife, who financed most of the Clinton witch-hunts in the 90's... He had Arkansas GOP officials and Paula Jones, among others, on the dole the entire time. Even got Paula a new nose!

[elemnopee]

121. Scaife owns our law school

He is one of the largest Pepperdine donors, a fact that several Pepp professors have brought up to the administration.

[brentspeak]

110. Ozzy Osbourne: "I should never have bitten the head off that bat!"

It took Ken Starr how many years to finally figure this out?

[BadGimp]

111. Mr Starr

Go Chenney Yourself!!

[MissMillie]

112. What a crock!

"There was a sense on the part of the country that my (Lewinsky) effort was an effort somehow to expand the (Whitewater) investigation, when it was separate," he told the Santa Barbara News-Press following a speech on Wednesday.

Oh Really???? Is that why the report on the Whitewater investigation has exactly 11 references to the Whitewater deal and over 400 references to oral sex?

[stevietheman]

113. Starr isn't fooling anybody (n/t)

[Arkana]

114. Fuck you, Ken, you self-righteous wingnut fucktard

Maybe you should have thought about this before you went digging for dirt on the Big Dawg, propelled by the hatred and the hot air of the rest of the Reich Wing.

[LegalEagles]

117. Amazing the amounts of money spent

on this entire investigation. The Repubs eventually got some of what they wanted, Clinton apologizing. But they could never overcome his popularity.

[rhyfeddu]

122. Someone please enlighten me - SERIOUSLY

I was under a big cozy rock during the whole Ken Starr debacle, believe it or not, so I'm playing catch-up (and being retro-actively appalled)...so can someone answer a basic question I still have unanswered??:

How is it possible that Ken Starr had the authority/right/jurisdiction/directive/whatever to EVER grill ANY elected official about their personal, sexual behavior????
I'm not asking "why would the RW do this?" - their motives are pretty clear...I can't figure out, under what LEGAL definition they were able to justify these questions to begin with. And why it was an IMPEACHABLE scandel that Clinton lied about it? Is it ILLEGAL for the Prez to have an affair?? Sheesh. What was their (public face) justification? Please!

I know I'm asking for sensible, rational answers with something that doesn't seem to have either, but...*sigh* I just can't put my brain around how this particular witch-hunt was justified, legally...

Thanks in advance to any brave soul....

[lancdem]

124. They couched the whole thing in the catchphrase "lying under oath"

They kept saying it wasn't about sex. It was. Impeachment can be whatever the majority party wants it to be, and in Clinton's case, the Repukes made it about lying about sex in a frivolous lawsuit that was eventually thrown out.

[rhyfeddu]

133. Let me get this straight...

Clinton lied about having a sexual episode (or two or..) with Lewinsky - during testimony for Whitewater?? When he was caught out with that lie, they pursued it as a separate issue of lying under oath?? Even tho' it had nothing to do with his job as President...They had the balls to pursue this, "for the public good"? Am I getting this bizarro scenario?

Not a news flash, for non-rock dwelling folks, but what an abuse.

Somebody better tell BushCo. its illegal to lie (Oh! Only under oath. And if your a Democrat.)

What we put up with here in "Freedom Central"...

[lancdem]

139. The testimony was in the Paula Jones lawsuit

which was thrown out. Starr continued to pursue the case even after the Jones suit was tossed.

You're correct: It had nothing to do with his job as president.

[rhyfeddu]

140. Thanks for the patient tutorial

:P

A little bit of knowledge IS a dangerous thing...

[Catherine Vincent]

152. Yeah, and those repukes kept wailing about the "rule of law" mumbo jumbo.

"No one is above the law, even the president!" Of course it doesn't apply to the chimp in office now. Fucking hypocrites!

[Megahurtz]

125. you idiot!

Now you know that due to your efforts this country is on one big moralistic, evangelical roller coaster ride.

[Bouncy Ball]

126. Thanks for wasting my tax dollars

on your little witchunt, you bag of human pus. You disgusting excuse of a human being. Choke on your own vile. You and your cronies LIVED to take Clinton down because he was a Democrat and he was wildly successful. And you couldn't fucking stand it.

Go to hell, Starr. And stay there.

[Goldeneye]

128. Does anyone really care what that rat turd says?

He's a boob and we all know it. White water was a joke, and the only reason he's saying that is to revamp the issue.

[CBHagman]

129. Is he going to give back the tens of millions of wasted dollars?

Repentance is all very well and good, but we paid for this and wasted time on it. Can you think of the things that might have been funded or the tasks that might have gotten done if the Congress, the executive branch, and the clowns in the news media hadn't been occupied with this?

To perdition with this ethically challenged being. To perdition with him.

[msgadget]

130. Because of him one young woman no longer has the luxury of

moving on and putting her past mistakes behind her even though her older, turncoat confidant got a complete makeover and a pile of cash. His 'investigation' served purely to embarrass a sitting president and to distract from the fact the guy was doing stuff they wanted anyway.

Edited for spelling.

[mod mom]

138. a little late now kenny-boy maybe you want to give back some on your pay

[ChicanoPwr]

141. So why did you do it?

Hey Ken Starr, I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL.

However, I am willing to let this slide, if you can convince the GAO you want to be the Independent Counsel for all the crap Bush did in his first term and how he stole the election. And you are some how able to do it, I want you to investigate Bush just like you did Clinton and convince Congress to Impeach the Rat Bastard. Can you do that Starr?

If not, BURN IN HELL.

Hey Karl Rove, nice diversion tactic, but guess what, it won't work. WE ARE STILL WANT A RECOUNT IN OHIO.

[VTHoosierPatriot]

142. He indicted his father for pissing on the toilet seat.

Be sure to drop him an earnest thanks for his multi-million dollar effort that left my retinas forever scarred after the networks showed Luscious Linda Tripp.
[e-mail]

[Catherine Vincent]

151. Thanks for Kenny's email addy.

I hope you guys don't mind but I forwarded this thread to him so that he can read all of the lovely messages to him.:-)

[Catherine Vincent]

153. Well, Kenny Poo wouldn't accept my email....

I got an undeliverable message:

Message from yahoo.com.
Unable to deliver message to the following address(es).

<[e-mail]>:
137.XXX.8.XXX does not like recipient.
Remote host said: XXX 5.0.0 <[e-mail]>... User
unknown
Giving up on 137.XXX.8.XXX.

-----------------

Isn't that weird? I put the x's in for privacy.

[VTHoosierPatriot]

154. I don't know if you typed it that way but there's only two Rs

in fascist, ass clown.

[Catherine Vincent]

155. No, I didn't type it with all those r's.

I clicked directly on the link provided and it automatically sets everything in my mailbox ready for the message to be composed. Are you calling me an assclown?

[VTHoosierPatriot]

157. Correction fascist ass-clown.

*All insults contained herein are directed at Ken Starr, his family, his mother, his entire lineage, his dry cleaner, his valet, his pool boy, and his peep show attendant.

[ChicanoPwr]

143. Karl Rove at his best

Funny how this story comes out as the walls are starting to close in on BushCo. HAHAHA nice try.

Yeah here is my other rant on Ken Starr, FUCK YOU, you ruined a great president's rep. So I hope your death is painful and I hope it lingers for same number of years you investigated Clinton so that way you will be able to suffer each painful year.

Back to you Karl Rove. My rant is done. Guess what, it won't stop us from vocalizing an OHIO RECOUNT.

[shesemsmom]

146. I always felt that way too

I believe that anyone that is so rapped up in some one else's diddling, must have a twisted mind or a pissy love life of their own......OR BOTH..... HE IS A SICK SOB

[Javaman]

147. I have to say it again, FUCK YOU STARR!!! I feel better now.

[quaoar]

148. And in a related development

Adolf Hitler announced today that he regrets having invaded Poland.

[yorkiemommie1]

150. he needs to apologize to clinton personally and

publicly. in MSM.


then spend the rest of his life cleaning toilets at the clinton library.

[MrScorpio]

156. This archived post most heartily applies to Ken "Rat-Sodomizer" Starr

Enjoy I hate Republicans

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2277123

[CreekDog]

158. Would'na, Could'na Should'na

[Flammable Materials]

159. To paraphrase Mel Brooks:

The difference between comedy and tragedy:

* If I cut my finger, that's tragedy.

* If Ken Starr trips, falls into a manhole, and lands into a running woodchipper, that's comedy.

[FoundInTheMaise]

160. Who cares if a President gets a BJ in the Oval Office

I don't and I can't understand what the big deal is if a sitting President gets a little comfort from a legal adult giving him or her oral or whatever else they agree upon.

Why were one or more orgasms such a big deal in the house that he earned the right to live and love in? Apparently Hillary had no big issue with it so why not just let it drop?