Regret is a terrible thing. Almost every day people walk around their lives regretting the things they did just hours ago. They feel bad about the deeds and
themselves and generally wish the world would once again become a shiny happy place. It’s a gloomy existence but one that many have gotten used to.
Well, after listening to a speech given by Kenneth Starr at a public forum recently, I can safely wager that he is about the most regretful human being since
Dustin Hoffman in Ishtar.
"I think in retrospect I made a serious mistake," Starr said of his infamous delving into the Clinton/Lewinsky sex scandal. "'I think it would have been much
better for the country for the Lewinsky matter to have been handled by another independent counsel.''
He's regretting he was ever involved in the event that lead to the nation's second ever impeachment of a President in history.
Come on, who hasn't felt dirty after watching a porno?
If it were me the only way I'd be regretful is if I learned Ron Jeremy was playing me in the adult movie version of the presidential case, "WHITE WHORES:
BLOW BY BLOW"
Listen folks, the fact that Starr is even saying these things is a clear cut showing of the political power the Clinton administration has.
Here we have a "leader" that has had more scandal directly involved with his office and political career than any other leader worldwide. You'd have to be
Augusto Pinochet to rival the shady doings by our good ol' Arkansas boy. Yet every time something bad peeks up from behind the desk in the oval office he
simply smiles and holds a press conference and the country loves him again. Consider this. During the taped deposition for the grand jury investigating the
Lewinsky affair, Clinton looked unpolished, agitated and concerned. It led to impeachment. Then in a very polished, attrition laden speech the now impeached
president apologized and became our shiny hero again.
Is this guy brain washing us? Is there some sort of hypnotic pattern in the presidential seal dooming us to abandon our individualistic tendencies and follow the
fold?
Clinton has done more mind reading than The Amazing Kreskin. And to worse end he uses that power to his own means. This has given him the immortality a
second term president always enjoys.
I think Starr is making an even bigger mistake in his pseudo apology for the Lewinsky matter. One of the great powers that I can cleanly admit Clinton
possesses is conviction (no pun intended). This is how he manages to get people to vote for and later consistently agree with him on any subject. Kenneth Starr
needs to stand by his work and boldly face any aggressor concerning his methods and means.
Starr admits that the publicity he now endures is hindering his work nowadays. Well like the wise man said, You can never go home again.
Well, that being said, there is no point in looking back and regretting. Concentrate on the future, Ken. Keep in mind though that you proved people should look
deeper than a campaign speech and a smile.
"Let justice be done though the heavens fall."