"A lot of conservatives and Republicans owe Bill Clinton an apology."

I agree that character matters, and that neither Clinton, nor Trump, possesses it. Nor does Hilliary, really. But that noted, the reason BIll Clinton was impeached was not that he was a liar and adulterer, but was rather due to for perjury (lying under oath) and obstruction of justice, crimes for which he was relieved of his bar license.

So what we’ve got is a crook (perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of government records, mishandling of classified information, etc..) versus a scumbag. No good choice, but the scumbag is (a) not clearly a criminal and (b) has enemies who would be glad to remove him from office.

No apology to Bill, except for the failure to remove him from office in 1998.

Joe, appreciate the words of kindness, but the thing that strikes me here is that the higher levels of our government resemble little so much as the Mob—no insult intended to Cosa Nostra, of course! The code of omerta that fills the place—prosecute Scooter Libby and Martha Stewart because they’re expendable, but not Hilliary Clinton for far greater crimes, or watch the investigation of Rod Blagojevich blow up just before the names of the bidders would have become known—is just amazing. And it doesn’t help that too many prosecutors seem to believe that they’ve got to have an open and shut case for a heinous felony before they bring charges, either.

Getting to the point where the only solution may be to shut most of the enterprise down, IMO.