Posted on 11/11/2005 3:20:17 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Bill Clinton Decries His Impeachment In Speech At Hofstra
POSTED: 7:33 pm EST November 10, 2005 UPDATED: 9:14 pm EST November 10, 2005
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Former President Clinton said Thursday that his impeachment was "an egregious abuse of the Constitution" and asked if history judges him poorly because of his White House tryst with Monica Lewinsky, "How many other presidents do you have to downgrade?"
Speaking on the opening day of a three-day conference at Hofstra University examining his presidency, Clinton challenged a statement by noted historian Douglas Brinkley, who opined in a newspaper interview that Clinton would be deemed a great president were it not for his impeachment.
"I completely disagree with that," Clinton said. "You can agree with that statement, but only if you think impeachment was justified. Otherwise, it was an egregious abuse of the Constitution and law and history of our country."
Clinton, who was acquitted by the Senate of perjury and obstruction of justice at his 1999 impeachment trial, contended that the impeachment was not about what he called his "misconduct."
"Now if you want to hold it against me that I did something wrong, that's a fair deal," he said. "If you do that, then you have a whole lot of other questions, which is how many other presidents do you have to downgrade and what are you going to do with all those Republican congressmen, you know, that had problems?"
His remarks were cheered loudly by the audience.
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Mr. Rabinowitz? Will the historical record that you are writing include chapters on:
Juanita Broaddrick (AR)- rape
Eileen Wellstone (Oxford) - rape
Elizabeth Ward Gracen - rape - post incident intimidation
Kathleen Willey (WH) - sexual assault, intimidations, threats
Sandra Allen James (DC) - sexual assault
22 Year Old 1972 (Yale) - sexual assault
Cristy Zercher - unwelcomed sexual advance, intimidations
Paula Jones (AR) - unwelcomed sexual advance, exposure, bordering on sexual assault
Carolyn Moffet -unwelcomed sexual advance, exposure, bordering on sexual assault
1974 student at University of Arkansas - unwelcomed physical contact
Monica Lewinsky
Gennifer Flowers
Dolly Kyle Browning
Sally Perdue
Betty Dalton
Denise Reeder
And most voters just do not grasp that concept. It makes me insane the way people think the President controls the economy. As if the President sits in the Oval Office and says, hey, let's do this today! And presto, the economy responds within a day or two. I think in many cases, the President in office at any given time is reaping the results of a previous administration's economic policies. It also bothers me that a Dow over 10K seems adequate justification for abuse of office, personal malfeasance, disrespect and downright hostility toward the military, and a liberal Supreme Court (to name a few items).
and the fact that Slick is always out there is for the GOP a good thing..I expect in 2015 we'll still be hearing the Dems say "during the 8 years of the Clinton presidency..."
Bent Willie Blythe (i42): Our first POS POTUS.
WOW! That sums it up nicely! Kudo's to you FA.......*~*.
Many people think the President has much more power than actually does. As far as they're concerned the governor of their state has nothing to do with the state's economy.
When will he go away? Never! He and his husband think they own the country and are entitled to reside in the White House till' the end of time. As bad as it pains me to say this..........Bush 41 and 43 aren't helping the situation.
Bingo! Even worse: for PERJURING himself about it.
What's interesting is that neither he nor the liberals seem to get that. Of course, he also lied about cutting taxes in his '92 campaign. He excoriated Bush41 for "the largest tax hike in history" and then push Congress to raise taxes. And his liberal supporters said, "Well, of course! He HAD to lie about that to get elected."
Lying doesn't count if you're a liberal.
No! Because you lied to a Grand Jury, perjured yourself and should have been arrested and removed from office, and not merely be only the second President to be impeached!
PING!
Bill must have hotten a fresh supply of CHEEZE from his buddy Jacque "Frommage" Chirac to go along with this latest whine.
I was reading J.C. Watts' autobiography, "What Color Is a Conservative" and he discussed his thinking at the time of the impeachment vote. He addresses the "all about sex" argument and points out that the lie was not about sex, but about lying in the course of a legal proceeding concerning someone's civil rights being violated by sexual harassment. As I recall, he notes that if the civil rights proceeding had been based on race rather than gender, no one would question the impeachment decision.
He'll never get past it. Good!
fyi
He was the only elected president to be impeached.
BJ Clinton..the "gift" that keeps on giving.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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