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26. Fortunes and freedoms have depended on precise legal language.

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Ari Melber on MSNBC shows Bill Clinton saying he did not have sex [View all] wasupaloopa Aug 2017 OP

I always thought that this whole thing was somehow bogus greymattermom Aug 2017 #1

It had to do with what is is wasupaloopa Aug 2017 #2

Clinton was asked a question about Monica, with the interrogator using the present-tense verb WinkyDink Aug 2017 #24

Bill is smarter than everybody else in any room he is in unless his wife is there. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #51

:-) WinkyDink Aug 2017 #61

He was parsing his words. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #4

Ken Starr screwed up the question. DURHAM D Aug 2017 #6

Actually it was Ann Coulter Major Nikon Aug 2017 #10

Coulter....had.a ......JOB ?? pangaia Aug 2017 #52

She became famous for being a lawyer who couldn't legally define a blowjob Major Nikon Aug 2017 #55

Well, I can understand why should might not know what a blow job is.. pangaia Aug 2017 #56

It isn't sex, at least as it's legally, medically, and literally defined Major Nikon Aug 2017 #11

So it's cool if your significant other gives the neighbor a blow job? misanthrope Aug 2017 #17

I would call that a blowjob. NYC Liberal Aug 2017 #19

...or a handjob Major Nikon Aug 2017 #35

Ear Job Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #44

Not sure I could see a happy ending there Major Nikon Aug 2017 #49

Where is your question coming from? This isn't about us here. We are WinkyDink Aug 2017 #21

good point Demonaut Aug 2017 #32

High School and college debater here xmas74 Aug 2017 #47

About $200 Major Nikon Aug 2017 #38

In my state, it's sodomy. I used to have to explain it to clients. Shrike47 Aug 2017 #30

Too bad for the puritans, the Lawrence decision rendered that "sodomy law" shit moot. Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #45

It's sodomy in my state, lol sarah FAILIN Aug 2017 #33

He was too clever a lawyer for his own good. Fozzledick Aug 2017 #12

Those terms were also further defined by Jones' lawyers Major Nikon Aug 2017 #15

He was "too clever"? You will note that Bill Clinton was not removed from office. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #14

Fortunes and freedoms have depended on precise legal language. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #26

Yes. But sometimes it backfires. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #31

1. He remained in office. 2. Check his current popularity. 3. WHY THE HELL IS THIS A TOPIC, ANYWAY? WinkyDink Aug 2017 #36

As to #3: Damned if I know. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #40

No. You are correct. DURHAM D Aug 2017 #5

If I remember, he said "I did ot have sexual relations with that woman." planetc Aug 2017 #13

He was impeached for getting a blowjob in the WH Major Nikon Aug 2017 #16

Technically, he was impeached for lying about it. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #27

He was never so much as criminally indicted for lying about anything Major Nikon Aug 2017 #34

But they impeached him anyway. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #39

Which simply proved the process could be used contrary to the intent Major Nikon Aug 2017 #41

The intent of the impeachment clause onenote Aug 2017 #57

Political, yes. Partisan political, no Major Nikon Aug 2017 #58

You're right! He was handed a doc defining "sexual relations" - after the judge had stricken ElementaryPenguin Aug 2017 #59

Clinton lied about a sexual dalliance, which isn't quite the same The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #3

We shouldn't forget that there was no question as to whether or not it happened loyalsister Aug 2017 #7

Uh....AS IF you need to "remind" anyone. Geez. We aren't demented like Trump. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #28

The point is loyalsister Aug 2017 #42

None of us were dumb enough to say there was no there there. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 #8

Exactly. A married guy is asked whether he had sex with some other woman The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #9

When he's an attorney and he does it under oath while realizing misanthrope Aug 2017 #20

Of course; it was really stupid and he should have known better. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #23

The second sentence is immaterial misanthrope Aug 2017 #25

It's not immaterial, it's all that really matters. And no, he wasnt impeached for what he did on the stevenleser Aug 2017 #53

I must have missed that portion of the legal code misanthrope Aug 2017 #62

No, you missed that we are talking about politics on a political site stevenleser Aug 2017 #64

Article 2, Section 4 misanthrope Aug 2017 #65

The precise, legally-savvy words BC used were "sexual relations"; i.e., defined as WinkyDink Aug 2017 #18

Well, there are men who don't consider oral sex to be cheating TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #63

Why are we still talking about Bill Clinton and sex? left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #29

PLENTY OF ATTEMPTS AT DISTRACTION on DU. Warnings. Lectures. Admonitions. C.O.N.C.E.R.N.S. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #37

STOP IT WINKYDINK Skittles Aug 2017 #43

I suspect that it will still be discussed 100 years from now fescuerescue Aug 2017 #50

Ken Starr had no business in Clinton's underwear drawer in the first place. Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #46

Puritans gotta peek; "it's what they do" (tm GEICO). WinkyDink Aug 2017 #48

They do seem to like peeking and sniffing drawers! Docreed2003 Aug 2017 #54

That was a sad moment oberliner Aug 2017 #60