I Think You Can Leave Out "Slim"
By As a follow-up, Publius notes the telling contrast between Patrick Fitzgerald and the Clinton era’s Official Pervo Inquisitor:
The latest revelations apparently came from Libby’s testimony in 2003, well before the election. Assuming the testimony had been about Clinton, what do you think the chances are that Ken Starr would have kept it under wraps (and away from Matt Drudge) until after the election? Slim to none, I say.
The impeachment mess is certainly a stain on Clinton. But I hope he can rest easier at night knowing that it also exposed the unprofessional, unethical, and unconstitutional behavior of Ken Starr and discredited him for life and in the eyes of future historians.
Yes, and as much as I admire him, while the outcome is defensible it must be said that this was not exactly Stevens’ most prescient moment. But I suppose it’s hard to account for a prosecutor like Starr (which also, of course, does make pre-Clinton-era Scalia look prescient indeed.)