So. My question is, why was Bill Clinton brought up on articles of impeachment in the first place. And dont go into any because of that "he lied under oath" crap. That was during the trial. Just becuase a man is in a leadership position means that he is not allowed to do that? Does it make it illegal to do that then? I believe it should have been between him and Hilary. I want to know what you think. Please be intelligable and have nicely thought out answers. This is for my political science class.
2006-10-11 22:28:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Simply having sex with someone is not a crime. He was not impeached for purgery...he was impeached for having an affair! plain and simple. You are brought up on articles of impeachment before you are taken to trial...so that meand he didnt commit purgery until he was already impeached. Unfair.
2006-10-11 22:43:12 · update #1
I have learned all about whitewater in class, and the "tampering with evidence" all of that was NEVER proved. source: Political Science Advanced Course bye some dude..(its my class book). What you speak of is someting totally different that what i am asking about.
2006-10-11 22:46:22 · update #2
thank you Answerman...well thought out. These people need to research literature...not websites (which are more often than not, opinionated). Its not like he raped her, it was none of our business. Now we have a pres. that defends pedofiles. much worse than getting head, huh?
2006-10-11 23:05:45 · update #3
Bill Clinton made an error in judgement, he should have simply told the repuke's that wanted his head to **** off. It was nobodys business as it was two consenting adults. Better then the repuglicans that think little boys make great bed partners. You are right he should have never been impeached and if it wasn't for a repuglican majority in the house and senate he never would have been. They were fools as the country had never been in better shape in a long, long time. George Bush on the other hand is responsible for 655,000 dead Iraqi, 2750 dead Americans, and many, many wounded for taking us to war based on his lies.
2006-10-11 22:58:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
First if you had lied under oath to a federal grand jury and got caught, you would have gone to jail for perjury. He did not due to his position at the time. He got away with alot of things that would have sent the Average person to jail. Study Whitewater for yourself. All the people involved went to jail except the Clinton's. They claimed they had no idea what was going on as they were just investors. Yet Hillary is a corporate lawyer and was on the board of directors for Wal-Mart in that capacity? She couldn't see what was going on. Glad she didn't represent any company I worked for.There was more than lying also, There was hindering an investigation, tampering with witnesses, and how many sexual assault cases did Bill settle out of court? The trial your speaking of was before the impeachment. NOT during.
2006-10-12 05:42:51 · answer #2 · answered by mark g 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
no he was impeached for purgery which is a crime for anyone to commit, the original crime in which he was being investigated for was of his own making, with so many, justifiable, claims of him rapeing people, all america wanted to know was the truth.
2006-10-12 05:47:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yea its illegal to lie to the investigators too, look what happened to Martha. There is nothing between B and H.
2006-10-12 05:38:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well, perjury is a crime... I don't see why Clinton should be immune from prosecution for a crime that the average person would be tried for if he commited it, just because He was president.
2006-10-12 05:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by lsquad70 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋