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This Clinton whitewash has had enough spin. It's time for a rinse! TIM I. MARTIN Corona, Calif.
You referred to the President's apology. I must have missed it. All I heard in Clinton's speech was arrogance and putting the blame on others. WILLIAM M. WITTY Dallas
America should be happy to have a human being, not a robot, as President. LENY HEINEN Asbach, Germany
While Clinton confessed, it was without remorse. But there's no doubt that he sure is one sorry President! WENDY TURNER WEIDNER Mechanicsburg, Pa.
This is not about Clinton's private life. It involves the President, who had sex with an employee in the workplace and then lied about it. If the average guy looks cross-eyed at a female co-worker these days, he is out of a job or in court or both. Why is Clinton immune? DANIEL JOHN SOBIESKI Chicago
The fault, dear William, lies not in our "Starrs" but in ourselves. BENJAMIN A. HORWITZ Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Monica Lewinsky was an adult at the time of the "inappropriate relationship" with President Clinton. She should be adult enough now to apologize to Clinton's wife and daughter for playing with their lives. Not all the blame should fall on the President. CARIN MCKEE Hyde Park, N.Y.
The President, without regard for his family or country, has acted immorally. A man whose first concern after doing wrong is his own embarrassment does not belong in the Oval Office. A man who cannot control himself has no business running a country. JENNIFER DAVIS Albany, Ore.
Clinton was unfaithful and lied to cover it up, just as thousands of others have done. Then he told people who were snooping around to mind their own business. Good for him. CEDRIC VENDYBACK Kelowna, B.C.
So what message has Clinton sent to Americans? If you have a family, it's O.K. to lie under oath and refuse to discuss details with a grand jury? Clinton's televised speech was neither emotional nor sincere but an insult to the American people. Clinton wants to be remembered as a great President; well, he will certainly be remembered. MIKE DOCHERTY Hong Kong
President Clinton failed to be "Slick Willy" by picking the wrong girl. Were I a man, I would not have chosen Monica Lewinsky in a million years. ALBERTA CRESCENZI Rome
After all that's been published on Clinton's behavior, there must be few literate people in the world who aren't aware that it is something of a risk to accept the word of the U.S. President. Is he different from the average American? That is the question non-Americans are now asking themselves. J.H. VAN DER VYVER Durbanville, South Africa
We foreigners admire Clinton and love him for what he has done for the world. His personal problems do not interest us, and we believe Starr is being used by the Republican Party with promises of a political future. BEN SOUROUJON Mexico City
THOUGHTS OF BOB DOLE
We should have elected Bob Dole. He is too old to chase interns around the Oval Office. DON A. ELLIS Overland Park, Kans.
Still, all in all, I would rather have Clinton as President with his pants zipped down than Dole with his trousers zipped up. Hmmm. Perhaps I should start thinking about Newt Gingrich with his lips zipped up. WILLIAM P. BOYER Dodgeville, Wis.
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