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...Clinton's, yet again, is dirty. To many observers, Republican and Democrat alike, the pardon was simply outrageous - the latest egregious example of Clinton's moral turpitude. Rich's ex-wife, New York City socialite Denise Rich, just happens to be a major Clinton donor and fund-raiser who has raked in millions of dollars for the Democratic party during the past eight years. Rich's lawyer in the pardon case, Jack Quinn, was once Clinton's general counsel. Quinn personally lobbied Clinton, and various dignitaries - including, sources tell TIME, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and King Juan Carlos...
...could George W. Bush look like a healer and still knock some of the spring out of Bill Clinton's step, the wind out of his victory tour and a zero off his book advance? Pardon him, as soon as possible. With special counsel Robert Ray--Ken Starr's tenacious successor--now weighing whether to indict Clinton for obstruction of justice, Bush might want to pre-empt Ray and pardon Clinton before any indictment. Bush could wrest the Bible out of William Rehnquist's hands, turn to an appropriate Psalm of forgiveness and make it the heart of his Inaugural...
...easy to see why Bush would hesitate to let the guy off the hook. Doing so would really tick off his right wing, which has held on to the prosecution of Clinton like a dog to a postman's leg. Pardoning Nixon ruined Gerald Ford's election chances. The Wall Street Journal editorial page might never get over it. And it might be really, really hard to do, now that Clinton has spent the week making headlines by taunting Bush at every stop on his farewell tour, lauding the "Gore victory," suggesting that Bush won by stopping the Florida recount...
Bush needn't worry that a pardon would move impeachment to the second paragraph of Clinton's bio. On the contrary, it would seal the Nixon comparison with Clinton the only other President to be pardoned. And it would make Bush seem more statesmanlike. Even among those who don't think Clinton has suffered enough, there are many who think there's been enough suffering to go around. In varying forms, every President ends up with something he needs to seek forgiveness for--and from the whole country, not just from those who voted for him. Those who have given...
...Bush still doubts that a pardon would be a big win, he should look at Clinton's reaction to the idea: "I wouldn't ask for it. I don't think it would be necessary" and "I don't want one." Some Republicans may think he's doing his best Br'er Rabbit imitation. Those close to him say no, he actually believes Ray will pounce as soon as the moving van pulls away from the White House. Clinton prefers to take his chances fighting, as he has so many times before. One reason is that an overwhelmingly Democratic Washington...