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In reply to the discussion: In the event he is impeached, will Senate Democrats even have Obama's back? [View all]karynnj
(61,077 posts)Would you be as unconcerned if a Republican President lied under oath -- and was caught? No, it does not matter about what he lied about.
Are you unconcerned that the President engaged in actions that would get executives of many big companies in major trouble?
Clinton WAS wrong in his actions - he paid a large price -- as did the Democrat party for his bad actions.
PS I think people have for years said that Lieberman was the strongest Democrat critic. However, if you read the statements, the norm was to strongly criticize Clinton.
Not to mention with your repeated cut and paste - you condemn him for not signing onto Feinstein's bipartisan amendment which condemned Clinton's actions. As this was drafted while the trial was going on and nothing could be introduced until the trial ended, this was Feinstein and the others attempt to say - yeah he was not thrown out of office, but his behavior was BAD!
You do know that not everyone who will vote yes will sign on as a sponsor of a bill.Given the timing, this was not a compromise bill to help Clinton. The Republicans did not allow the bill - not to protect Clinton - but to not give Democrats the chance to say they did censure him. The purpose - to protect some Democrats in more conservative states who had voted against impeaching Clinton. I assume that many of them were furious that Clinton had put them in this position.