If you, like me, have lived through, now, three impeachment episodes, please weigh in.

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27. I've been around for all three.

I remember the the 18 minute gap in the Nixon tapes and that he blamed his Secretary. She mistakenly erased 18 minutes because she was a cluts. He just threw her under the bus. But that was after it took him forever to finally hand them over. It was a huge splashy surprise when they found out about the tapes in the first place. I remember when he announced he was quitting. He was sweating. And I remember how he climbed the steps into the helicopter but then turned and threw his arms up showing us his victory sign. No one knew what the hell he meant. We still don’t know.

With Clinton I remember that no one cared about his affair. The Republicans were losing the public’s interest and then suddenly one day Joe Lieberman came out and condemned Clinton for the affair saying he couldn’t overlook it anymore. That he had to say something because what Clinton did was so bad. Then suddenly everyone was interested again, and the Republicans went after Clinton, deciding at that point to claim it wasn’t the affair they were persecuting him for. It was the lies.

At that point Hillary believed him and rallied all the lawyers and decided to work on his defense personally. And I remember that blue dress! It still had his semen on it and it was sent to a lab to test for DNA. Bill Clinton clung to his lie until the day the results came out, and it was then that he told Hillary the truth. Very soon after that the first time we saw them again Chelsea was walking between her parents to the helicopter. She was holding both of their hands and she guided them past the journalists taking pictures and calling to them. They looked like their marriage was broken. Chelsea held her head high. I was never so impressed by anyone as I was by Chelsea at that moment.

There are lots and lots of moments I remember but this is good for now.