In light of the conclusion of the Senate trial of the president, the editors of THE WEEKLY STANDARD asked 22 writers, thinkers, and political actors the following questions: “President William Jefferson Clinton has been impeached and acquitted. What have we learned? What should we do now?”
ONE THING WE HAVE LEARNED is that Clinton will trample anything — a solemn oath, a clear law, his constitutional duty, anything — in pursuit of his own advantage. A second thing we have learned is that the Democrats in Congress, down to the very last representative and senator, will participate in Clinton’s obstructions, rather than let Clinton be called to account. And a third thing we have learned is that, in Clinton’s view, he vindicates himself by discrediting his accusers.
