impeach fuzz

[rone]

Man, was Clinton really impeached? It seems so long ago, so unreal; the memory of it feels like a bad TV movie, or perhaps more like a West Wing episode with John Belushi instead of Martin Sheen. Maybe it's just me, but his impeachment seems to be the most meaningless high-profile political event in my lifetime.

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[sunburn.livejournal.com]

This morning on Morning Edition they were talking about Libya, which was more or less the first time I thought about that country since '86 or so when its "Line of Death" rhetoric was gently rebuffed by Reagan. Then there was Bush's Panama invasion. Panama, at least, seems to be meaningless in retrospect, and bombing Libya was about the same until this week, now that France is blocking the UN's attempt to remove sanctions (for a perfectly reasonable objection, if the facts are as they seem-- I know I'm reflexively anti-French, but in this case I've overcome that).

[palecur.livejournal.com]

It's my understanding France already got paid, years ago, and tried to get the sanctions removed back then, totally screwing out the UK/US. The UK/US held out, got a better deal, and now France wants to get paid a second time. Screw that noise, is my reaction.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

And if those are indeed the facts, I second that noise-screwing.

[gallifreyan.livejournal.com]

Try voting Democrat in Indiana. That's pretty meaningless.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Not exactly high-profile, though.

[gallifreyan.livejournal.com]

You haven't run into some of them in the dark. Be grateful.

[littleamerica.livejournal.com]

I don't think it was ever supposed to be meaningful.

I think fairly early on both sides realized they were playing for a tiny group of voters who would be swayed from undecided to decided by one side's behavior or the other's. After that it sort of had the feel of a chess match where both sides realize the game is drawn but play it out anyway, hoping the other side will make a mistake.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

You nailed it. Even when it was happening, I just couldn't listen -- it never seemed real.