why is it when attacking clinton, conservatives always use the same lied about sex argument?

Question

was he such a good president that republicans cant attack his policies but rather his social life.

Answer 1

Because of the "moral values" issue which won them the election. The scandal had nothing to do with his performance as a president and the policies he instituted. It's just a lame, shallow attack similar to the "swift boat" lies.

Answer 2

We can't attack his policies when he never had any. Clinton accomplished nothing during his presidency and road the coattails of a GOP controlled Congress. As for "the same lied aobut sex argument," the fact of the matter is that Clinton lied before Congress. The sex thing was only one of several things he was impeached for.

I also love how peole claim that Clinton was a "good" president. Then he must've been the best president to never have 50% of the vote go his way and had very low approval ratings for much of his presidency.

EDIT (more): Just as a FYI (excerpt taken from the article of impeachment against President Clinton):
On August 17, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth before a Federal grand jury of the United States. Contrary to that oath, William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury concerning one or more of the following:

(1) the nature and details of his relationship with a subordinate Government employee;

(2) prior perjurious, false and misleading testimony he gave in a Federal civil rights action brought against him;

(3) prior false and misleading statements he allowed his attorney to make to a Federal judge in that civil rights action; and

(4) his corrupt efforts to influence the testimony of witnesses and to impede the discovery of evidence in that civil rights action.

In doing this, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.

Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.

Answer 3

Banging a 21 yr old intern in the most sacred room of the white house, the oval office, which is bought and payed for by the taxpayers is just one reason he is attacked.Suppose to be doing your job in that office and run the country. That must be the only attack on him you hear, but is a far cry from being the only one.Shall we bring up the Rich pardon, or maybe lets bring up the fact how he knew that Bin laden was responisble for serval terrorist attacks on US embassys around the world as well as the USS Cole,and he knew excatley where he was at the time, but did good ol Clinton do anything?? Hell no he didnt .Just think if he had balls as Bush does, and went out and got Laden when he knew where he was, 9-11 would never of happened. I could go on, but why? You liberal *** holes are too blind to see the truth and its waste of breath.

Answer 4

Probably because it's the easiest argument-perjury is something a President is remembered for. There are, of course, several other attacks we could make. Go read 'Dereliction of Duty' by Lt. Colonel Buzz Patterson-he was the Air Force aide to Clinton, and after reading his first hand account, I was sickened by the knowledge that we elected that man twice. He was a horrible man as well as a bad president-but Hilary was even worse.

Answer 5

The Clinton years were by and large good years. The economy was growing, the stock market was on the rise, there was no war going on, technology was bringing improvements to people's lives. So the Republicans tend to avoid the "are you better off now than you were then" comparison. Clinton's approval rating was generally much higher than Bush 2's has been.

Answer 6

This is the spin the left has put out to defend BJ Clinton. The Republicans \ conservatives didn't give a rear end about the sex; they cared about the fact he raised his right arm, put his left on a bible, swore to tell the truth, and under that same oath lied through his teeth. It wasn't about the sex; that was the media \ left spin. It wasn't even about lying to us the American Public with his finger waiving at us; it was about lying when he swore to tell the truth. Why can't the left get that?

Answer 7

Social life is irrelevant..I know there are some who think Clinton shouldn't have accepted the knobber.
But really.... Clinton should have said that he never did anything nonconsentual... and beyond that...it's nobody's business.

Instead he fabricated stories that just put him deeper and deeper.

How could his detractors NOT pounce on that??

Of course swearing in a court of law and then perjuring himself... that is inexcusable for the President.

I'd have really respected him if he just said ... It's personal and none of your business (...and if she were hotter)

He was President after all


************************ Added Note********************
I just did a yahoo questions search of "clinton sex"

Overwhelmingly it is the Clinton side that brings it up .... just as the questioner did
.... Put it to bed folks!
pun intended

Answer 8

The poster (frugernity) who said 'there was no war going on" while Clinton was President should get a clue.

The WTC was bombed in 1993, Clinton's first year in office.

Don't suppose your history books mention anything about embassy bombings, or attacks against our troops overseas, or the USS Cole?

What frugernity SHOULD have said was that "there WAS a war going on, but only ONE SIDE was fighting it...our enemies".

Answer 9

because he WAS a great president, sure there were a few covert "wars" during his terms, but the economy was vastly better than it is now with bush.

The sex thing is ALL they have on him, and society feels its such a bad thing, that its worth repeating millions of times for EVERY case against him that they wish to pose.

its utter stupidity, bring back Clinton, down with Bush!

Answer 10

Yeah,like selling nuclear secrets to China ,not taking Osama into custody when he was offered,Waco,selling Presidential pardons to the highest bidder,pulling troops out of Somalia and giving terrorists the idea that if they kill and drag an American soldier through the street we will quit and run,having over 500 FBI files in his office so he could blackmail people.There is much more fodder than sexual immorality and lying under oath and arguing the meaning of the word "is" and "alone".