President Clinton and the first lady watch Vice President Gore speak during a post-impeachment White House appearance.
FR never forgets;)
Posted on 12/20/2008 8:31:05 AM PST by mdittmar
Clinton Impeached
House Approves Articles Alleging Perjury, Obstruction
The House of Representatives impeached the president of the United States yesterday for only the second time in American history, charging William Jefferson Clinton with "high crimes and misdemeanors" for lying under oath and obstructing justice to cover up an Oval Office affair with a young intern.
At 1:25 p.m. on a day of constitutional drama and personal trauma, the Republican-led House voted 228 to 206 largely along party lines to approve the first article of impeachment accusing the Democratic president of perjury before a grand jury. Within the hour, lawmakers went on to pass another article alleging he tampered with witnesses and helped hide evidence, but rejected two other articles on perjury and abuse of power.
A solemn, all-Republican delegation led by Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.) then marched across the Capitol to formally deliver the articles of impeachment to the secretary of the Senate, triggering what promises to be a trial like no other to determine whether the 42nd president will be removed from office. At the same time, scores of restive House Democrats piled into buses to drive up Pennsylvania Avenue and rally around their embattled leader at the White House.
Emerging from the Oval Office with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on his arm and Vice President Gore at his side, the president stood with his Democratic defenders and decried the partisan vote against him. Brushing aside calls for resignation, Clinton vowed to serve "until the last hour of the last day of my term."
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FR never forgets;)
And what did it accomplish? Nothing, except to show that it could be done and let the lawyers make a ton of money.
I wonder what we’ll have to impeach Hussein for...
You can always go to the Clinton Library website and leave them a little message, like I did...
No mention of the conveniently timed missile attack on Iraq that caused CNN and other impeachment coverage to have to go to split screen?
Clinton: Iraq has abused its final chance American president defends timing and need for strikes
"Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons programs, and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors. Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States, and indeed the interests of people throughout the middle east and around the world," Clinton said.
I have fond memories of this time. Watching my good friend Congressman Jim Rogan (who my wife was instrumental in electing to the Assembly and Congress) on the floor of the Senate trying this bastard was one of the highlights of my 20 years of politics.
I can’t imagine that it gets any better than that, but who knows. There’s probably 15-20 more years left in me of this kind of thing.
I remember that day as the second time I saw news anchors cry on screen. Cronkite on Nov 22, 1963 and Bernie Shaw and I forget who the blond bimbette was on CNN, crying when their hero was impeached.
Maybe we'll forget all about it easier that way.
Yup. Some big deal it was, eh? If some Republican senators could have grown a pair, it might have amounted to something. Thanks for nothing, Trent.
Happy Bill Clinton Impeachment Day!
I was hoping someone would post a link to the full-page ad that we ran in the Washington Times.
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