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Whatever your feelings may be about William Clinton the man, or William Clinton the political ally or opponent, or William Clinton the father and the husband, ask only this: should William Clinton the president be removed from office? ... Are we at that horrific moment in our history when our union can be preserved only by taking the step that the framers saw as a last resort?
Charles Ruff -
Not to put too fine a point on it, but that's nonsense.
Charles Ruff
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This is a pattern of lawyers and others in the White House busting their backs to do the best work they can to be try to be responsive.
Charles Ruff -
We continue to believe that the attorney client privilege should protect conversations between government officials and government attorneys. The American people benefit from decisions made by government officials, including the President, on the basis of full and frank information and discussion.
Charles Ruff -
The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or unable to govern.
Charles Ruff -
Having admitted that he did wrong, there's still the critical question, 'Do we want to launch the single most serious constitutional process that our system contemplates?' And the answer to that, in my view, is no.
Charles Ruff -
And Mr. Ruff could have answered that question directly. He did not and his failure to do so speaks a thousand words.
Charles Ruff