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On 19 Jul 2004 07:23:20 -0700, (Nancy
Dooley) wrote:

>Mark Thorson > wrote in message >...
>> "Paul M. Cook©®" wrote:
>>
>> > I never was a huge MS fan. But she's lost her company, lost millions
>> > in net worth, lost her esteem, lost pretty much everything.
>>
>> No, she still has MILLIONS and MILLIONS of bucks.
>> She just isn't a BILLIONAIRE any more. Boo hoo.
>>
>> > And now they want to toss her into jail for violating insider
>> > trading laws which did not apply to her because she was
>> > a common shareholder. She's suffered quite enough IMO.
>>
>> You have it so wrong. She was never charged with insider
>> trading. She was charged with lying to a federal investigator
>> which is a felony. And she did, in fact, lie.
>
>She wasn't even under oath when she lied. You can't commit "perjury"
>unless you're under oath.
>
>Clinton lied under oath and never spent a day in prison.
>
>This is fair?
>Clinton was indicted by a Republican House. He was tried by a Republican Senate. He was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. He was found "Not Guilty" on both counts. In United States you are considered innocent until found guilty.
>Bah. If it hadn't been for the Enron debacle (and the corporate
>shenanigans that it brought to light), they wouldn't have messed with
>Martha.
>
>N.