What he is referring to is that a lot conservatives including most on this forum at the time questioned if Newt was serious about the impeachment and had the moral authority to carry through with impeachement as he was being blackmailed by Hildebeest with the FBI files.
When Newt left, the Dems then took out Livington. They thought they had defanged the Republican leadership and there would be no impeachment. But in the interim, Tom "The Hammer" DeLay did an incredible job of leadership and organized the impeachment. He was sold out in the Senate by his own party led by the ultimate political crossdresser Phil Gramm and the future crossdresser Arlen Specter who infamously invoked Scottish law with his impeachment vote.
Don't you mean Trent Lott, rather than Phil Gramm?
Thank you for the in depth history. I have forgotten much through the years.
Bottom line: Clinton was impeached.
The Senate didn’t convict.
It’s that simple.
...This information was never publicly revealed by Hyde to my knowlege but passed on by David Schippers who was the head counsel to the House Managers. I think he wrote a book called Sellout.
...Republican Senator Phil Gramm of Texas stands out, in my estimation, as our most loyal and courageous supporter. He talked personally with the Managers a number of times, always giving encouragement and even advice on procedure. Had he been the Majority Leader, things might have been radically different...