Bill Clinton was impeached because he

[42bambi]

lied! Why can't/won't anyone ask - why hasn't Trump testified...we all know it's because he will LIE! The Dem committee members need to bring that FACT into this hearing. Why won't Trump testify?

[intrepidity]

1. Sure wish this was more exposed nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Excellent point. Needs more attention.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Democrats should have been hammering Trump on this for weeks

Trump could be baited into testifying under oath, his ego is too large. Call for it publicly and call him a chicken, there is no way he could resits, he's literally incapable of not taking the bait.

[StarfishSaver]

4. They'll just say Clinton could have refused to testify

They think Trump's refusal to testify is just proof of how brilliant and tough he is ...

[BuffaloJackalope]

5. Clinton was impeached because he was a Democrat.

[RockRaven]

6. Bill Clinton was impeached because he was a Democrat. They fished and fished and fished until they

finally found something. They were not going to stop until they found something to impeach him for.

Did he lie? Yes. It was his own damn fault that he gave them the particular reason which they ultimately latched onto.

But the GOP started with the conclusion and persisted in looking backwards until they found a reason to justify it. If it had not been that thing, it would have been another. We know this because after the Whitewater thing fizzled out without taking the Clintons down, they followed every rabbit trail they could find until finally the Troopergate-sparked Jones v. Clinton led to Lewinsky-lies and finally they had the reason to justify the conclusion they began with.

[handmade34]

7. Turley had a different attitude during Clinton's impeachment...

"When Congress decides that certain criminal conduct does not rise to the level of impeachable offenses, it is defining a permissible parameter for future presidential conduct..."

"The accusatory function of the House is essential to maintain a certain deterrence on presidential misconduct. Assuming the impeachment process is a check and balance...Narrowing the scope of impeachable offenses can correspondingly expand the scope of permissible presidential conduct..."

"Holding a president to the laws that he must faithfully execute does not diminish our system, it reaffirms our most sacred principle that no individual is above the law…"

[karynnj]

9. Wow - he is really not employing the same criteria.

[Raster]

10. Of course not. Turkey (oops) is a friend of Barr* and I wager a rethuglican...

...he's just here to continue the rethug* obfuscation. He's. A. Tool.

[karynnj]

13. Absolutely -- and his comments were extremely convoluted - a good clue that even he does not believe

what he is saying. Not to mention everything he said dealt with bribery and it was completely unclear what could meet his very ill defined definition.

[Wounded Bear]

15. I think they call that obfuscation...nt

[handmade34]

12. just read the whole thing

like night and day... I feel sometimes like the whole world is upside down... it's madness

[karynnj]

8. lied under oath --- Trump lies daily, but his lawyers have prevented him from ever being under oath

Lying under oath is serious, lying to the media or in tweets - not so much. However, I think he did lie to Mueller in his responses - and they were under oath and others in his administration have lied to Congress and that is a crime.

[Wounded Bear]

11. Clinton lied about sex...

most of us learned to do that at age 14 or so...

[MissMillie]

14. During an overly-lengthy investigation into a land deal in Arkansas

The Whitewater Report from Ken Starr mentions Whitewater only a handful of times.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. I think that the Clintons were under investigation in one form or another

pretty much non-stop since he took office and Vince Foster killed himself, which was damn near his entire Presidency. And Clinton AFAIK largely cooperated with investigation after investigation. I think that Republicans in Congress even launched one final investigation AFTER he left office when George W. Bush aides began insinuating that Clinton aides trashed the WH on their way out, which also proved false. So, all the Republican boo-hooing over investigations of Trump is just totally ridiculous.

[MissMillie]

17. That wasn't at all partisan

[uponit7771]

18. +1