albionus said: Dirtier than a politician? Ouch, crashman, double ouch. I may have given a couple people a bit more of a thrashing than they deserved but two key pet peeves of mine are debating from a base of ignorance and trying to debate me over a point I never made (especially with incorrect facts). I'm trying to figure out what wasn't presented objectively (did the 2001 recession not start in 2000? did Bush not get a majority of the vote in 2004? did Clinton not remain in office despite being impeached for perjury?) but then I suppose objectivity is somewhat subjective. @kaz I don't mean to argue over something a decade old that is largely off topic but it is frequently said (including in this thread) that Clinton was impeached over sex, but it's not true. Which is also another reason I tend to stay away from these threads, I'm compelled to correct even off topic statements which are many in political threads. |
Actually i'd say he got impeached because the republicans didn't like him and did it mostly for polticial gain, which obviously backfired. They tried to shame the democratic base but instead in backfired on them because it made them just look vindicitive.
If it had been a republican candidate the impeachment process wouldn't of went through because they would of already known the votes wern't there to convict well and they likely wouldn't of wanted to shame there own party.
That's the kind of process you definitly don't go through unless you know you have the votes or you have an alterior political motive.
Otherwise you are just needlessly damaging the head of your countrys reputation.