[drbuzzard]

>I have not liked or respected Santorum since he helped Lott kill the impeachment proceedings against that gutter snipe Clinton.

Impeaching Clinton fully would have been suicide for the GOP. While he might have deserved it technically, the American people didn’t think so. The media had diffused the issues down to a ‘mere’ sex scandal, and that was not nationally seen as enough to boot a president who was generally seen as pretty successful. The biggest problem the Senate faced at the time was the pathetically limited scope of the prosecution. Clinton had a lot more dirt on his hands than screwing around with Lewinsky, but nobody was willing to touch the dark stuff. Given what was handed the Senate, I can understand what they did (even if it was unpleasant).

Maybe I don’t watch enough Santorum speeches, but I don’t get the ‘righteous’ vibe that much. Yes, he does have a history of a strong family without any real moral lapses. However he readily admits that he has played politics like the rest of the people in the game. Any politician who claims they have not is merely lying through their teeth.

[Just mythoughts]

Impeaching Clinton fully would have been suicide for the GOP. While he might have deserved it technically, the American people didn’t think so. The media had diffused the issues down to a ‘mere’ sex scandal, and that was not nationally seen as enough to boot a president who was generally seen as pretty successful. The biggest problem the Senate faced at the time was the pathetically limited scope of the prosecution. Clinton had a lot more dirt on his hands than screwing around with Lewinsky, but nobody was willing to touch the dark stuff. Given what was handed the Senate, I can understand what they did (even if it was unpleasant). Maybe I don’t watch enough Santorum speeches, but I don’t get the ‘righteous’ vibe that much. Yes, he does have a history of a strong family without any real moral lapses. However he readily admits that he has played politics like the rest of the people in the game. Any politician who claims they have not is merely lying through their teeth.

I am sorry, since there was NO trial with live witnesses and the production of evidence it is NOT possible to say how the American people would have reacted.