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misanthrope

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65. Article 2, Section 4

Fri Aug 4, 2017, 10:20 PM

Aug 2017

"The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."

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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