A Scandal is Not a Scandal

While watching the May 26, 2013 Fox News Sunday show, Christy Setzer commented on the Obama Scandal Trifecta festering in the headlines this week. Looking directly into the camera, her take without any hesitation, a blink of an eye or even a sideways glance said, "The republicans are focused as closely on these scandals as on the Monica Lewensky scandal." The understood conclusion was that these scandals carried no real political weight or more importance than a sexual tryst that Clinton allegedly did years ago.

Actually, the conclusion is wrong and it brought to one's mind the famous Clintonian answer under oath, "It depends on what "it" is!" and that reveals a lot.  The striking similarity is Obama's parsing answers about his own picadillos. Who or what is Christy Setzer that so skillfully brought out her rhetorical scalpel in an attempt to castrate these scandals before everyone's eyes rendering them neutered?

Bill Clinton did not get out unscathed from his Monica mess. His actions to avoid further legal problems included penalties and fines. He still carries his own personal embarrassment and moral controversies too. 

• On April 12, 1999,  Clinton found in contempt of court for “intentionally false” testimony in Jones v. Clinton, fined him $90,000, and referred the case to the Arkansas Supreme Court’s Committee on Professional Conduct, as Clinton still possessed a law license in Arkansas.

• The Arkansas Supreme Court suspended Clinton’s Arkansas law license in April 2000.

•  On January 19, 2001, Clinton agreed to a five-year suspension and a $25,000 fine in order to avoid disbarment and to end the investigation of Independent Counsel Robert Ray (Starr’s successor).

• On October 1, 2001, Clinton’s U.S. Supreme Court law license was suspended, with 40 days to contest his disbarment.

• On November 9, 2001, the last day for Clinton to contest the disbarment, he opted to resign from the Supreme Court Bar, surrendering his license, rather than facing penalties related to disbarment.

Some interesting corollaries: Understanding life that is not a court of law, but is a court of public opinion, it appears that public opinion still matters a lot. By surrendering his law license, Bill Clinton could resign his Supreme Court license in order to avoid disbarment. He was suspended in Arkansas, but not disbarred.

With respect to the Obamas’ licenses to practice law: (1) Michelle Obama went inactive in 1994, despite a Harvard Law School degree, which is very strange, unless she was doing so to avoid a hearing on something; (2) Barack Obama “retired” in January 2008. About that time, Barack was starting to run for the Senate and beyond. If anyone recalls then, Barack'sTony Rezco & Obama shady Tony Rezco Chicago home real estate deal, Michelle's lavish credit card over-the-top spending and Barack's questionable Chicago Federal Housing Urban Renewal Project awards with Valerie Jarrett were flying around at the time with the corrupt Illinois Combine political party machine connections. Barack even admitted his Rescko home real estate deal was "bone-headed" which rang true as just a corrupt kickback pay-off scheme.

No one is saying that the Obamas were ever formally charged with misconduct, but some argue that the most plausible reason for their having abandoned their licenses was to avoid disciplinary action and the threat of public disbarment. That was what both Nixon and Clinton fully understood and the Obamas as well. It was still peculiar for two people walking away from the lifetime income and prestige to be gained by certification by Harvard Law School. It is all informal. You are allowed to depart gracefully. No hard feelings. Michelle Obama was 29 when she quit (went inactive). The Bar granted her this request when she turned 30. Afterwards, they both instead ran for the highest office in the land. I'll bet their handlers and backers said to get rid of the law licences pronto to avoid any stains of questionable, dirty Chicago-style corruption.

Background Check: Christy Setzer, is President of her own firm, New Heights Communications deals with public relations in liberal-left wing political, advocacy and corporate arenas.  She is a former spokesperson at the liberal-left, SEIU, Service Employees International Union and girlfriend of Rodell Mollineau, staff director for Democrat, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Earlier I brought up the question about who or what is Christy Setzer and I believe her resume speaks for itself. LOL!  Christy is a very uber-liberal spokeswoman who launched into well planned and effectively executed public relations messages for the Democrat Party.