IMPEACHMENT IS FOREVER - HAPPY CLINTON IMPEACHMENT DAY! (2004)

Free Republic ^ | Sunday, December 19, 2004 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

This is an edited repost of an article I wrote on last year's anniversary of Clinton's impeachment.

First, an excerpt from a report from that most excellent day six years ago:

A while later the first article of impeachment passed the House ! Being that we had spread out along the avenue by that time, we sought each other out to cheer the good news. We then gathered at the Swamp to inform the WH press corps that "The Constitution lives !" and that it was "a great day to be an American !"

During the next hour or so the remaining three articles were voted on. Article three was the only other one to pass. We rejoiced that the President was being called to account for perjury before a Federal grand jury and for obstructing justice. Much to their appreciation, we took care to inform the police and press as the results were announced.

A special treat today was the presence of CNN's Wolf Blitzer. Our feelings of contempt for Mr. Blitzer have increased since the day he and CNN went along with Presidential spokesman Joe Lockhart's suggestion that CNN break away from live coverage of his briefing when the subject matter got embarrassing for the White House. Mr. Blitzer caught heavy flak from Freepers at irregular intervals throughout our time there. We freeped him with calls such as "Lies of omission are still lies !", "What did Joe Lockhart tell you to say today ?", and when ABC's Sam Donaldson arrived at the swamp, "Hey Sam ! Why don't you show Wolf how a real reporter does it !"

The coup de grace was supplied by DoctorRaoul who unfurled a three foot squar (sic) banner about Mr.Blitzer that was hilariously on target. I'll leave it to him to describe it further.

Further down the thread, Doctor Raoul reported on his banner (CORRECTED FOR TYPOS):

For those of you curious about what upset Wolfie:

A 4 foot by 4 foot hot pink banner said;

CNN CAMERAMAN
Pan Down and Show
Lockhart's Arm Up
Wolf Blitzer's Butt
Working His Jaw

He stood there mad as hell and didn't know whether to you know what or go blind.

Begin edited repost:

Congratulations! It was six years ago today the House of Representatives impeached President William Jefferson Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice.

Those brave representatives survived an all-out war of political brinksmanship which included public threats of retaliation and private threats to bring down the government if Clinton was impeached.

James Carville threatened Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr with "kneecapping;" Alec Baldwin called for the murder of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde; George Stephanopoulos passed along the threat to employ the "Ellen Romesch defense"--a public blackmailing of Congress; Hillary Clinton said on the Today Show that those plotting against her husband "would have alot to answer for" when this was done; Paula Jones was called "trailer trash" and worse for simply seeking justice and an apology; Linda Tripp had her reputation destroyed by a conspiracy of Clinton administration officials and media operatives. Even Monica Lewinsky feared for her life and kept the infamous blue dress stained with presidue for insurance.

Thank God that people like Linda Tripp stood tall and refused to back down in their determination to see that a president of the United States could not commit felonies in office with impunity.

And thank God for people like Jim Robinson, Matt Drudge, Bob Barr, Gary Aldrich, Alan Keyes, Larry Klayman, Lucianne Goldberg, Billy Dale and all the rest who spoke at, organized and attended Free Republic's nationally televised rally supporting Clinton's impeachment on October 31, 1998.

You done good! Impeachment is forever. You can be proud that in America's hour of need, you answered the call to preserve protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

[Delta 21]

Yea, but I got you by 6 days!

:)

[Pagey]

We're throwing a Christmas party for all of our workers, so I must be brief. There can not be enough thanks thrown, from the 'left coast' to you on the 'right coast' for Freeping Wolf Blitzer. Manipulative is much to kind a word for people like him. After mouthing off to Maxine Waters and her aide in the Mid 90's (as we all exited the plane from our first class seats before I found F.R. and learned about Freeping) I can only imagine how good that felt. I'm 6'3" and 245 lbs, so you know it felt unloading on her as they both scurried away like a rat. My dad is still upset with me for being so abrasive to a woman in front of him, and he's on our side, but you know she truly earned it and had it coming. She'll never allow her constituents get off welfare, ever. Forever LOL about that incident.

[pineconeland]

I keep thinking of how crass Bubba was in the Oval office, that shows how low class the Clintons really are, instead of one of the finest statesmen of our nation, I'd say he's the most crass and classless.

Which makes the clintonites latest attack by faulting Rummy for not personally signing Pentagon condolence letters to families of soldiers killed in Iraq a million times more pathetic.