Bill Clinton Decries His Impeachment In Speech At Hofstra

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?"

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I saw a bit of it on one of the news channels today. Oh. It was on Blitzer, and he had Bob Barr there to defend himself. He got all moralistic about the impeachment.

doinking the hired help is still a no-no...

But we all know that is NOT why he was impeached by those rabid dogs.

Hey, I like the guy and I think he was a damn good President. In the private sector (or in the military), however, you lose your job if you have sex with the help (and rightfully so).

What Clinton did sexually in his spare time, even if it was on gov't premises, is nobody's business. What is more important is what kind of people tolerate a government that uses white phosphorous on people who have done nothing to us? What kind of people tolerate the presence in the WH of the kind of monster who would do such a thing? The fact that Clinton was impeached while bush sits in the office without a care in the world in this regard speaks volumes.

All else pales in comparison.




Cher

cuz I really admire the guy.