I often ponder the vitriol some on this board have for those pubbies who voted against xxx42’s conviction: these Senators kept us from a President Algore and the very result you outlined. And that was before we knew how deranged he was, LOLOL! Maybe, just maybe, they knew something about the character of Algore (or viewed the political future in a manner) that we did not, and voted accordingly?
I’ll never forgive the gutless GOP Senators who turned the impeachment proceedings into a farce. Arlen Specter’s “not proved” still turns my stomach. In many ways, the impeachment process was pressed too early thanks to all the Clinton stonewalling. The important stuff (sale of state defense technology secrets for campaign contributions) was put aside in favor of the Monica stuff and lying/perjury/suborning perjury. Those were all certainly impeachable acts but it allowed the GOP Senate “Leadership” to consider the charges unworthy of pursuing. But impeachment is a messy process — nonetheless, I celebrate the fact that William Jefferson Clinton goes into the history book as only the second impeached presidents of the United States — an honor he very much deserves.