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RockRaven

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6. Bill Clinton was impeached because he was a Democrat. They fished and fished and fished until they
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 02:35 PM
Dec 2019

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.

Sure wish this was more exposed nt intrepidity Dec 2019 #1
Excellent point. Needs more attention. Pacifist Patriot Dec 2019 #2
Democrats should have been hammering Trump on this for weeks Johnny2X2X Dec 2019 #3
They'll just say Clinton could have refused to testify StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #4
Clinton was impeached because he was a Democrat. BuffaloJackalope Dec 2019 #5
Bill Clinton was impeached because he was a Democrat. They fished and fished and fished until they RockRaven Dec 2019 #6
Turley had a different attitude during Clinton's impeachment... handmade34 Dec 2019 #7
Wow - he is really not employing the same criteria. karynnj Dec 2019 #9
Of course not. Turkey (oops) is a friend of Barr* and I wager a rethuglican... Raster Dec 2019 #10
Absolutely -- and his comments were extremely convoluted - a good clue that even he does not believe karynnj Dec 2019 #13
I think they call that obfuscation...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #15
just read the whole thing handmade34 Dec 2019 #12
lied under oath --- Trump lies daily, but his lawyers have prevented him from ever being under oath karynnj Dec 2019 #8
Clinton lied about sex... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #11
During an overly-lengthy investigation into a land deal in Arkansas MissMillie Dec 2019 #14
I think that the Clintons were under investigation in one form or another Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2019 #16
That wasn't at all partisan MissMillie Dec 2019 #17
+1 uponit7771 Dec 2019 #18
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