Clinton Censured Already

Moderate voices calling for censure rather than impeachment of the president are missing an important fact. He’s already been censured. The House impeachment vote will serve forever as the black mark that Bill Clinton’s “despicable” - the Democrats’ word, not Hot Potatoes’ - conduct deserves. Rather than cut some kind of deal with the White House, the U.S. Senate should launch a trial. If there are too few votes to continue it for long, so be it. The matter should be dropped until Clinton leaves office and faces possible criminal charges. Then, the next president can pardon him, so Billy Bob can go to Hollywood and, ahem, entertain the starlets.

Till impeachment or term limits do us part

Then, a CDA pre-teen wonders when Tammy Wynette Clinton will impose her own brand of censure on her ever-wandering husband: D-I-V-O-R-C-E … Do you suppose Clinton’s ratings would hit 100 percent if he agreed to pose for Larry Flynt’s Hustler, his new best buddy’s magazine? … So, Commissioner Ron Rankin believes he’s the 1st Congressional District’s bridge to the 21st Century? That finally could prompt Kootenai County Democrats - all three of them - to call Jack Kevorkian … Still, Rankin’s campaign theme is catchy: “If they liked Helen, they’d love Ron.” It has a good beat. But it’d be hard to dance to … Do you suppose there’s something in the courthouse water? After all, Commissioner Dick Compton was itching to run for governor last year. But he never made it to “Go” before joining other Idaho Republicans to kiss the ring of the anointed one, Dirk Kempthorne.

When agreeing can be so disagreeable

Mr. Potatohead is nervous. Glen Walker, a former Kootenai County prosecutor, agrees that a local-option sales tax is a bad way to raise revenue to expand the jail. I can’t remember the last time the two of us agreed on anything. Could I be wrong about the sales tax? … Judge Craig Kosonen appears to be in a charitable mood this yuletide. Five months after sentencing Connie Bickley to six years in the Big House for vehicular manslaughter, he’s preparing to give her a “Get Out of Jail” pass. Then, anything more than a year in the klink for mowing down a 13-year-old seems a bit stiff in these forgiving times. Besides, Bickley (sniff) is reallyreally sorry (sniff) for her crime (honk!) … Yeah, yeah, I know. Walker is Bickley’s attorney. But that had nothing to do with the previous Tater Tot. Really. Cross my heart and hope to die. Scout’s honor - even though I never was a Scout.