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To: AgThorn
"Impeached" is like "indicted"

Both Johnson and Clinton were impeached (the House does the impeaching), neither was convicted.

The difference that many people cite is that Clinton is the first and only ELECTED president to have been impeached. Johnson suceeded Lincoln, and the articles of impeachment against Johnson were more politically based than the articles against Clinton. Clinton was impeached because he broke laws invovling fundamental principles of civil law (lie to a judge), Johnson was impeached over political activities.

9 posted on 03/08/2004 1:07:03 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
The difference that many people cite is that Clinton is the first and only ELECTED president to have been impeached.

Yup .... another tid-bit is that BOTH impeached presidents were Democrats! ;-)

14 posted on 03/08/2004 1:09:28 PM PST by AgThorn (Go go Bush!! But don't turn your back on America with "immigrant amnesty")
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