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To: goat granny
...the republican senate gave him a pass...

"Clinton was acquitted by the Senate on February 12, 1999. With a two-thirds majority required for conviction (i.e., 67 senators), only 45 senators (out of 100) voted guilty on the perjury charge and 50 on the obstruction charge. Clinton was, thus, 17 votes shy of being removed from office on the later charge.

The voting in the House and Senate was largely partisan. In the House, only five Democratic Representatives voted to impeach. In the Senate, which had 55 Republican Senators, none of the Democratic Senators voted for conviction."- WIKI

So, 10 Senate Republicans broke ranks on one charge, and five on the other. That's not quite giving a pass. But not a single RAT senator broke ranks; that IS a pass!

29 posted on 02/21/2012 11:50:01 AM PST by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

Good post.


31 posted on 02/21/2012 12:11:33 PM PST by Osage Orange (A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.)
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