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MrRodgers -> RE: Senate ethics anyone ? (12/6/2010 8:34:33 AM)
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ORIGINAL: subrob1967
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ORIGINAL: MrRodgers
Perjury, was he charged ?
Look, it was a civil case about his time as governor into which repub backers went to work with money and all of the background they could get and to build nothing more than circumstantial evidence. Nothing like what this guy Ensign was up to.
Just give it up, there is no comparison no matter how hard you try.
Fuck yes he was impeached. So you are correct on trying to compare them, there isn't one...Why are you trying?
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On December 19, following much debate over the constitutionality of the proceedings and whether or not Clinton could be punished by censure rather than impeachment, the House of Representatives held its historic vote. Clinton was impeached on two counts, grand jury perjury (228–206) and obstruction of justice (221–212),
Read more: Impeachment History — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/impeach.html#ixzz178251SPP
Starr forwarded his investigation to the house clearly outside his perview...an entirely politically motivated enterprise.
While the report outlined 11 possible grounds for impeachment, none stemmed from the initial subjects of the investigation, including the Whitewater real estate deal. The real focus of the accusations seemed to be Clinton's moral conduct, and the “Starr Report” graphically detailed his sexual affair, i.e., NOT criminal conduct.
None of what Clinton did would be a subject of debate at all if it was not for repub right wing money, mud slinging and hypocrisy. I buy none of this entire politically motivated witch hunt of a $60 million investigation that resulted in NO criminal charges for either Clinton
Let us get Bush & Co. in front of a grand jury on 9/11, then we'll see sparks fly, as they would not even tesify to congress or the 9/11 commission without ridiculous preconditions that rendered the whole exercise a sham.
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