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from: Norman Podhoretz

Censure or No Censure?

Posted Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1999, at 1:33 PM ET

About that, at least, we agree. But the issue is academic: The votes simply aren't there for conviction. Now the only question remains whether a censure resolution should follow the inevitable acquittal. And on this issue, having already broken ranks with my fellow conservatives, I will now slide even further down the slippery slope of heresy. I know, I know: Censure is a means for the Democrats to have it both ways. It is therefore politically against the interests of the Republicans, who would like to accuse the Dems of a new kind of softness on crime and a cavalier disregard of the disgrace their President has brought upon his office. I also realize that censure would set a tricky precedent. Even so, it would mean that Clinton wouldn't go scot-free, and that his reprehensible behavior would be officially labeled as such.

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from: Norman Podhoretz

Censure or No Censure?

Posted Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1999, at 1:33 PM ET
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Midge Decter is an essayist and social critic who publishes in a variety of magazines and appears most frequently in Commentary. Norman Podhoretz is editor at large of Commentary magazine and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. His latest book, Ex-Friends, was published this month.
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