The people of this country rebelled at what they perceived as an overreaching GOP going after Clinton for a ‘private affair’ with Lewinsky.
It would have been much better to declare that there was nothing impeachable there and let the court of public opinion try him. But they went after him and he got lots of sympathy instead of the derision he deserved.
That was back when the old dinosaur newsrooms still held a monopoly on the selection, dissemination, and spin of the daily news. Remember, Newsweak tried to spike the story to protect its Democrat president, and it was only because of new media pioneer Matt Drudge that the world found out about the sleazebag Clinton.
For some people, including many Freepers, only Democrats and liberals can be overreaching. There is not such thing as 'overreaching' if it's done by a conservative.