As Dems Weigh Impeachment, GOP Leaders Regret Pursing Clinton

Townhall.com ^ | November 14, 2018 | Byron York

[frog in a pot]

Impeach President Trump for what? They have absolutely no reason to.
That's what all of the investigations are for.

The Speaker (Pelosi or worse) will declare that the very reason the investigation went on for as long as it did serves as sufficient basis for impeachment. (/snort)

[Reily]

I think it will to.
But they’re going to do it!

[Yosemitest]

LOCK HER UP !

[1Old Pro]

they’re going to do it!

Yep, very predictable

[FlipWilson]

At the end of the day, it is this simple. The left is what is. All else does not exist and thus must be illegal or evil.

Thus, Trump is illegal. End of story. He should be removed.

Today its impeachment. Tomorrow it will be far worse. I honestly expect one of the members of the press or the congress to shoot him. They will do so believing full well that there will be no consequence and that they will be hailed as a hero.

Oh yes, an American Gavrillo Princip is waiting in the wings.

[dirtboy]

Gingrich pointed to another House leader, Democrat Tip O'Neill, who handled House action against Richard Nixon during Watergate. "O'Neill was better than I was at managing that process," Gingrich said.

A key difference was beyond O'Neill's control. GOP House and Senate leaders were willing to remove Nixon. No Dems were willing to remove Clinton. And a lesson was learned - if a president can hold his party members in the Senate, he is impervious to any removal effort.

[Liz]

THE IMPEACHMENT OF BILL CLINTON

Attorney David Schippers became a public figure when a friend of his, Congressman Henry Hyde, asked him to be the Chief Investigative Counsel for the US House Judiciary Committee. Schippers was a lifelong Democrat but accepted and took the job in April 1998.

The Hyde Committee was holding an inquiry on whether President Bill Clinton had committed impeachable offences in his handling of the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit..... during which he committed perjury regarding his affair with then-White House Intern Monica Lewinsky. After an investigation, the committee in December 1998 voted to impeach Clinton, a decision supported by Schippers.

On December 10, 1998, Schippers said to the committee: "The President, then, has lied under oath in a civil deposition, lied under oath in a criminal grand jury. He lied to the people, he lied to his Cabinet, he lied to his top aides, and now he's lied under oath to the Congress of the United States. There's no one left to lie to."

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Upon the passage of H. Res. 611, Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998, by the House of Representatives
on grounds of perjury to a grand jury (by a 228–206 vote) and obstruction of justice (by a 221–212 vote).

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PICTURED Floor proceedings of the U.S. Senate during the trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999,
Chief Justice William Rehnquist presides. House managers are seated beside the semi-circular tables (left)
and the president's personal counsel (right).

The Senate voted not to remove the impeached president.

[DPMD]

GOP leaders should - should - have better things to worry about. Like, for example, incurring the contempt of GOP voters who wonder when these pantywaists will manage to grow a pair and fight.

[JohnnyP]

Because they can.

[doomtrooper99]

I have no regrets for GOP going after Clinton.

I only wish we went after him for things far worse than perjury.

[Kaslin]

good point.

[Impy]

I think that the Clinton impeachment being such a failure actually DECREASES the chances the rats will pursue that avenue. They know there is no chance at removal (Hell, why would McConnell even allow a trial? I’d just schedule an acquittal vote) and that “overreaching” could backfire with the public.

[GOPJ]

Here’s one you might want to post:

Reflections on Impeachment, 20 Years Later

https://www.wsj.com/articles/reflections-on-impeachment-20-years-later-1543535342

[mdmathis6]

Trump should call their bluff...fire Mueller and say...”bring it”!

[Fresh Wind]

Orange man bad.

That’s all they really need to know.