That's right, i forgot it was for perjury...my mistake...I never felt he should have been impeached for that either...For crying out loud we're talking about POLITICIANS!!! Every one of them could be removed from office for lying--it's in their blood...anyway...
Theoretical question for you...If, and I repeat If ( I am not saying he did or did not) our current Prez has lied about some items about Iraq do you agree or disagree with the following equations:
Lying under Oath = Perjury = Bad
Lying not under Oath = Presidential discretion = Acceptable
To me both are lies and are bad bad things.
I want to be clear, I don't think we should impeach Bush at all... I'm just curious to your opinion...
Go Twins!!!
I can lie my head off and only incur consequences IF you happen to catch me and have some sort of power over me in which case you may fire me, void my lease, throw me out of the club or what ever. You can not put me in jail.
However if I should lie to the court I go to jail. As I said perjury is a blow against the very foundation of our legal system.
Impeachment is only for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Perjury is indeed a High Crime. Your approval is not required.