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Article: Sen. Lieberman, Clinton's new critic.
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- September 5, 1998
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Sen. Joseph Lieberman's denunciation of President Clinton on the floor of the Senate must not be taken as simply the first desertion of the president by a stalwart supporter in his party. Lieberman speaks for the nation.
Of Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky, Lieberman said, "Such behavior is not just inappropriate, it is immoral."
Immoral. An old-fashioned word, and utterly fitting. Wonder if some of the president's defenders had to look it up.
The president's conduct indeed sends a message "of what is acceptable behavior to the larger American family - particularly to our children - which is as influential as the negative message ...