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Bill Clinton Decries His Impeachment In Speech At Hofstra
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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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ahab; impeachedx42; letosamgetaway; loser; missilestoredchina; pervert; prevaricator; sinkemporer; thebentone; traitor
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To: Sub-Driver

"How many other presidents do you have to downgrade?"

I believe that Billy did the downgrading on his own, (with help from ML)

As to the impeachment, I have not forgiven the spineless senators who supposedly held a trial, but refused to allow the house leaders to present the evidence that they had. Where is the justice in that?


81 posted on 11/11/2005 5:30:04 AM PST by Phrostie
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To: GBoettner

If a dna test were run on bj and chelsea, my money is on NO MATCH. She is a hubble bubble.


82 posted on 11/11/2005 5:33:21 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: Sub-Driver
I have some swampland I want to sell those Hofstra students.

Then I can sell them a bridge or two.

Finally I can introduce them to my cousin the Nigerian prince who needs somewhere to keep his money safe. :-)
83 posted on 11/11/2005 5:34:52 AM PST by cgbg (Racism is identifying, quantifying, and determining social policy by race.)
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To: Zacs Mom

E=mc2 (all clinton fingers are suspect)Historian massages clinton numbers, ego + legacy at revisionist confabBUMP ;)

PRESIDENTIAL FAILURE, 9/11 + KATRINA
by Mia T, 9.26.05
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thanx to jla and Wolverine for the audio


FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU! FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME! 

COPYRIGHT MIA T 2005



84 posted on 11/11/2005 5:34:59 AM PST by Mia T (Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations (The acronym is the message.))
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To: Phrostie
If there had been a real trial held in the Senate, it would have had to convict Clinton after hearing all the evidence... most likely he would have resigned beforehand to avoid the ultimate disgrace.

(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.")

85 posted on 11/11/2005 5:35:40 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Sub-Driver
Hey, BJ, you rapist pig-man--it's hard to climb a slimy mountain, isn't it?
86 posted on 11/11/2005 5:41:47 AM PST by NYpeanut (gulping for air, I started crying and yelling at him, "Why did you lie to me?")
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To: Sub-Driver

This whore monger is never going to get it, neither will his loyal minions.


87 posted on 11/11/2005 5:42:48 AM PST by conservativewasp (Liberals lie for sport and hate their country. Islam is a terrorist organization.)
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To: mainepatsfan; looloo
It drives him crazy knowing that he'll be answering these same questions until he drops dead, which from the looks of him could happen any minute.
88 posted on 11/11/2005 5:45:49 AM PST by CaptainK
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To: CaptainK

I know all Presidents age a lot while they're in office but he really looks awful.


89 posted on 11/11/2005 5:49:26 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: Sub-Driver

Does this man's ego know no bounds?


90 posted on 11/11/2005 5:51:05 AM PST by CWW (He)
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To: Mia T



91 posted on 11/11/2005 5:57:30 AM PST by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
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To: Sub-Driver
"egregious"

The only people who use this word are lawyers when feigning indignation.

92 posted on 11/11/2005 6:00:16 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: prion
Clintoon skated through two terms by 1) taking credit for the Republican initiatives domestically and 2)deferring difficult international decisions for the next president.
93 posted on 11/11/2005 6:22:47 AM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: Sub-Driver
the decision to allow FBI agents to raid a cult leader's compound in Waco, Texas.

Allow???? ALLOW???? Klintoon-speak for Authorize/Order. He leaves a trail of slime behind him wherever he goes.

94 posted on 11/11/2005 6:23:54 AM PST by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Him and Mary "the documents were real" Mapes should get together.


95 posted on 11/11/2005 6:27:34 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Is your problem ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: zarf
Wait just a darned minute, there was that school uniform thingy and midnight basketball!
96 posted on 11/11/2005 6:32:35 AM PST by Ditter
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To: gaspar

Add the Waco massacre, boy Elian's kidnapping at jack-booted-thug machine-gun point and drugged return to the prison nation, Billy Dale and the WH Travel office, blow jobs now commoner among the young, Flight 800, the Wye Accords, Somalia, twelve innocent night-shift workers murdered in the Khartoum Sudan missile raid of a anti-malarial and livestock drug plant ...


97 posted on 11/11/2005 6:42:33 AM PST by bvw
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To: Zacs Mom


98 posted on 11/11/2005 6:45:47 AM PST by prognostigaator
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To: Sub-Driver
"I did not have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. Those allegations are

FALSE

99 posted on 11/11/2005 6:48:15 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Sub-Driver

"... contended that the impeachment was not about what he called his "misconduct."


Of course it WASN'T - IT WAS ABOUT LYING - after swearing to tell the truth. IT WAS ABOUT presenting FALSE EVIDENCE to the court (the affidavits which he coerced people to sign - after he wrote them).

LOSING YOUR LAW LICENSE IS A GOOD SIGN YOU DID SOMETHING BAD. AND BEING BANNED FROM BRINGING A CASE BEFORE THE USSC IS A GOOD SIGN YOU DID SOMETHING BAD.

But his continuing to dwell on it proves he remains totally immature.


100 posted on 11/11/2005 7:06:26 AM PST by CyberAnt ( I believe in Congressman Curt Weldon re Able Danger)
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