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...