Let's buy him one. Maybe he'll go away. ;-)
Posted on 12/19/2004 7:09:10 AM PST by 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.
I'm going right down to the drug store and buy my Holiday impeachment protective devices. :o)
I always tell my liberal friends that I agree with them that Gore should have been president, but unfortunately Clinton wouldn't resign.
Thanks for the history of FR's role in the impeachment of the Bent One.
This helps newbees like me to appreciate FR even more.
They should make it a national holiday!
From my homepage:
December 19, 1998 - A GREAT DAY TO HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN!!
On that day, the GOP House ensured that Wilhelm von der Schlickmeister Blythe Klintoon would have his proper place in history by making him the first elected President ever to have been impeached and, collaterally, causing Vice Perpetrator Algore to remark that Klintoon would be remembered as "one of our greatest Presidents."
The Senate's handling of the impeachment was as bad as the Democrat party's handling of Bill Clinton.
Clinton brought out the worst in people and government. People still haven't figured out that if you want to burn out a building, do it on a windy day when the tear gas won't work.
Customary dish served on Clinton Impeachment Day: PIZZA
Thanks kristinn. I am still bothered by the fact that any talking heads from the MSM attaches "first president to resign" on Nixon's name, but curiously doesn't attach "impeached former president" on Clinton's. Guess I'll have to get used to it. So typical.
Let's buy him one. Maybe he'll go away. ;-)
Just keep singing it from the rooftops:
FIRST ELECTED PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED!
They voted not to have a real trial.
The fix was in long before, IMO.
I get the feling that you're not a big Trent Lott fan.
House Manager James Rogan's Statement on Article I
January 14, 1999
WILLIAM REHNQUIST, SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE: The chair recognizes Mr. Manager Rogan.
REP. JAMES ROGAN (R-CALIFORNIA), HOUSE IMPEACHMENT MANAGER: Mr. Chief Justice, counsel for the president, members of the United States Senate, my name is Congressman James E. Rogan and I represent the 27th District of California.
May I say at the outset that some of the facts and evidence you will hear in my presentation may sound familiar in light of the last presentation. Although at times the facts may appear to be a crossover, the relevance will be presented in a different light.
Mr. Manager Hutchinson's presentation offered the evidence as it relates to the obstruction of justice charge against the president in Article II. I will be inviting this body to view the evidence within the framework of Article I, perjury before the grand jury.
On behalf of the House of Representatives, and in the name of the people of the United States, I will be presenting to the Senate evidence against the president to demonstrate he committed perjury before a federal grand jury as set forth in Article I of the articles of impeachment.
Article I of the impeachment resolution against President Clinton alleges that he committed felony -- strike that -- he committed perjury before the grand jury.
On August 17th, 1998, President Clinton swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The evidence shows that contrary to that oath, the president willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading statements to the grand jury in four general areas.
First, he perjured himself when he gave a false account to the grand jury about the nature and details of his relationship with a 21- year-old intern, Monica Lewinsky, who was a subordinate federal government employee.
Second, he perjured himself before the grand jury when he repeated previous perjured answers he gave under oath in a sexual harassment suit, which was a federal civil rights action brought against him by Paula Jones.
Third, he perjured himself before the grand jury when he repeated previous perjured answers to justify his attorney's false representations to a federal judge in the Paul Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against him.
Finally, he perjured himself before the grand jury when he testified falsely about his attempts to get other potential grand jury witnesses to tell false stories to the grand jury and to prevent the discovery of evidence in Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against him.
In a judicial proceeding, a witness has a very solemn obligation to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Perjury is a serious crime because our judicial system can only succeed if citizens are required to tell the truth in court proceedings. If witnesses may lie with impunity for personal or political reasons, justice is no longer the product of the court system, and we descend into chaos.
That is why the United States Supreme Court has placed a premium on truthful testimony and shows no tolerance for perjury. More than 20 years ago, the court addressed this very concept of perjury and its dangerous effect on our system of law. Listen to the words of the United States Supreme Court.
In this constitutional process of securing a witnesses' testimony, perjury simply has no place, whatever (sic). Perjured testimony is an obvious and flagrant affront to the basic concepts of judicial proceedings.
Congress has made the giving of false answers a criminal act punishable by severe penalties. In no other way can criminal conduct be flushed into the open where the law can deal with it.
That is the framework under which the House of Representatives acted in impeaching the president of the United States, and now respectfully urges this body to call the president to constitutional accountability.
The key to understanding the facts of this case is to understand why the president was asked under oath questions about his private life in the first place.
Despite the popular spin, it wasn't because members of Congress or lawyers of from the Office of Independent Counsel or a gaggle of reporters suddenly decided to invade the president's privacy.
No. This all came about because of a claim against the president from when he was the governor of Arkansas.
During the discovery phase of the Paula Jones sexual harassment case against the president, Federal Judge Susan Webber Wright ordered him to answer questions under oath relating to any sexual relationship he may have had while governor and president with subordinate female government employees.
These orders are common in similar cases, and the questions posed to President Clinton are questions routinely posed to defendants in civil rights sexual harassment cases every single day in this country in courthouses throughout the land.
During the president's deposition in the Paula Jones case, he was asked questions about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. The judge allowed these questions, because they possibly could lead Mrs. Jones to discover if there was any pattern of conduct to help prove her case.
The president repeatedly denied that he had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. A few days later the story about his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky broke in the press. A criminal investigation began to determine whether the president perjured himself in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case and obstructed justice by trying to defeat her claim against him by corrupt means.
On the afternoon of August 17th, 1998, President Clinton raised his right hand and took an oath before the grand jury in their criminal investigation.
You're right from now on we should refer to him as Impeached Former President Clinton.
I may did out my recordings of the House Impeachment hearings on C-span. I would have recorded the Senate, but I did not have C-span 2 at the time.(it was the dark ages)
after it loads, refresh your html window for a smooth play.
Make it so!
Nixon is always referred to as disgraced, or former president who was forced to resign.
HAPPY IMPEACHMENT DAY...LOL....HILLBILLY BOYS (since hitlery's a butch, she's a boy in my books)....
There is no need to impeach Hanoi Kerry from the US Senate
He is there illegally!
Hanoi Kerry is in violation of
US Constitution 14th Amendment Section 3
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment14/
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President,
or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State,
who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress,
or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature,
or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States,
shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Violation of 18 USC 2381
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002381----000-.html
Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States,
levies war against them or adheres to their enemies,
giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere,
is guilty of treason and shall suffer death,
or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined
under this title but not less than $10,000;
and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Violation of 18 USC 953
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000953----000-.html
Private correspondence with foreign governments
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States,
directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse
with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof,
with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government
or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes
or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply,
himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents
thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained
from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
Violation of UCMJ Section 904. ART. 104.
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj2.htm
AIDING THE ENEMY
Any person who--
(1) aids, or attempts to aid, the enemy with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things; or
(2) without proper authority, knowingly harbors or [protects or gives intelligence to or
communicates or corresponds with or holds any intercourse with the enemy, either directly or indirectly;
shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial or military commission may direct.
Petition to Investigate and Indict
Hanoi Kerry for acts of treason
http://patriotpetitions.us/kerry/
Timeline of Hanoi Kerry
http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html
VVAW, FBI files and John Kerry,
What stockpirate has found
http://www.freerepublic.com/~stockpirate/
Viet Nam Vets are NOT going away
until Hanoi Kerry is removed from office!
212 LINKS to Anti Kerry sites
News reports,
Viper's Vietnam Veterans Page
http://members.aol.com/ga1449ga/links/links.html
Contact your current
senators and representatives
and main stream right wing media
and find out why Hanoi Kerry still is in the US Senate.
Demand that this traitor is removed from the US Senate now!
Don't be like the silent majority in the 60's and 70's
and turn your back on America and cave in to the anti war minority.
Speak up for America today!
Distribute these url's!
EXPOSE HANOI KERRY!
Full details on these url's!
http://tonkin.spymac.net/hanoikerry1.html
There is a backup site
if the 1st url is unavailable.
http://stophanoikerry.150m.com
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