For all the charges against President Clinton had witnesses or friends to corroborate the victim's charges. He did not. He said it's time to say enough is enough and put an end to the destroying of people's reputation with gossip. That surprising response immediately set off an alarm bell in the press, and the rest of us. Neither he nor his advisers seem to see that every new stretch of time to which he extends his innocence only makes us all the more eager to know did he use cocaine in his 20s - ever.
Public opinion is divided.
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