Why did we impeach Bill Clinton.....?

Question

for the minor indescretions he had yet we do not impeach Bush for all the lies about iraq he told us. Is starting a war for false reason worse then getting a bj from and intern. yeah i thought so.
America is blind.

Answer 1

we impeached Clinton because of a witch hunt by the Republican party. They hired Ken Starr who spent 5 years and over $40 million in taxpayers money. The investigation was into wrong doing in the whitewater case.
they found none. Instead they dug up dirt on Clinton and that is where Monica came in. She had absolutely nothing to do with the whitewater case. Clinton should never have been questioned about her. It had nothing to do with the whitewater case. Monica should never have been a part of U.S. history. Clinton did nothing wrong. Bush, has done a number of things wrong and their should be a serious investigation done. Republicans don't want this because they know that if an investigation is done, Bush WILL be impeached.

Answer 2

Why do people keep repeating this over and over? Minor indescretions wasn't the reason he got impeached and it wasn't just for a bj. Had he been totally honest and up front with what he did he would have been shamed but that would have been the end of it. As for Bush not getting impeached he shouldn't and the decision was made by the Democratic party. America isn't as blind as you think.

Answer 3

President Bill Clinton was impeached as President of the United States on December 19, 1998, by the House of Representatives and subsequently acquitted by the Senate on February 12, 1999. The charges were perjury and obstruction of justice, arising from the Lewinsky scandal. After a 21-day trial, the Senate vote fell short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction and removal from office under the Constitution. The impeachment proceedings were largely party-line, with no Democratic Senators voting for conviction and only three Democratic Representatives voting for impeachment. In all, 55 senators voted "not guilty," and 45 voted "guilty" on the charge of perjury. The Senate also acquitted on the obstruction charge with 50 votes cast each way. While the impeachment process dominated American politics for the better part of the year and took up much of the energy of the Clinton administration as it ran its course, it also failed to win the president's opponents much of the political advantage that they sought.[citation needed] Opinion polls throughout the trial illustrated that the public opposed impeaching the president by margins of 65–70% [1] and may have contributed to the subsequent loss of seats suffered by the Republican party in the United States House of Representatives and the Senate.[citation needed]

Answer 4

The House of Rep's impeached (indicted) Clinton. When tried in the Senate, he was not convicted. He was impeached for perjury.

I thought he should have been impeached for blowing up the embassy and aspirin factory in an effort to divert media attention away from his legal troubles. It always seemed that when something negative came out in the media, he would play Commander in Chief and have something else blown up or invaded.

No matter how many times the anti-war people try to say Bush lied, the truth is that he, his staff, and the other politicians and other countries had the same data. The data was faulty because Clinton undermined the ability of our people to gather intelligence. After all these years, people are still so Clinton-blinded that they will do or say anything to protect him from the truth.

It did not take me long after his first victory to know I had made a mistake in voting for him. I did not make the same mistake twice.

Answer 5

Bill Clinton was impeached for lying under oath, not for getting a bj. I think Clinton was a great President, he makes George Bush look like he rode the short bus, but he shouldn't have lied. I was disgusted by the scandal, but also remembered the womanizing of other past Presidents and was willing to say hey let Hillary deal with her husband, her business, not mine. But, he shouldn't have lied under oath, there's just no getting around that. George Bush is the worst President in many decades, Clinton was one of the best. But the law is the law, and as soon as they find provable crimes against Bush I'll be the first to say impeach the idiot.

EDIT: My God, it's embarrassing to see so many people say that Clinton wasn't impeached. He certainly was impeached, he wasn't sent to trial by the Senate, but he was impeached. Wow, does anyone in this country pay attention to actual history or do they just wing it?

Answer 6

LOL.....Bill Clinton NOY IMPEACHED: let me clear it up for you people:

Impeach: To charge (a public official) with improper conduct in office before a proper tribunal.

The Following People have been Impeached:
Two presidents: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, both acquitted.

One cabinet officer, acquitted after he had resigned.

One Senator, expelled and charges dismissed.

Thirteen federal judges, including Associate Justice Samuel Chase in 1805.

And Richard Nixon resigned but would have been the 3rd President.

But to answer you:

Bush has not LIED: I am sorry "faulted" information is not lieing!!!

Answer 7

Long answer or short answer? the short is politics. The long is that the Republicans hated him and thus went out of their way to try and dig up anything that could be possibly construed as a scandal, as they had just came into power in '94 and wanted to do something big to prove themselves.

Edit: perhaps we should have a little flash history lesson on this site... a lot of people need it. Clinton was impeached but acquitted by the senate, meaning he was not removed from office, but he was impeached.

Answer 8

It's not about the BJ. He committed perjury. That's a crime that got him disbarred, and should have landed him behind bars. All Suddam had to do was let the UN inspectors conduct their business that he himself agreed to and this whole situation could have been avoided. But he didn't so now he will hang. Bush did what every good president should do - protect America. Saddam agreed to certain sanctions after he lost the first war. If those sanctions are not backed by force they are useless. Saddam is a thug, lunatic dictator who is getting what he deserves. Bush made the right decision.

Answer 9

It was the Republican controlled Congress that brought articles of Impeachment against President Clinton. The American people did not want him to be impeached, but the Republicans cared nothing for the will or the welfare of the country. Their personal vendetta was far more important to them. They resorted to many dirty tricks in an effort to undermine Clinton's presidency from the day he took office. Those same people are the ones who have let Bush get away with basically doing away with our Democracy, and telling lie after lie. Doesn't sound as though they really care about what is best for America, just what is best for them. America is not blind, the election results prove that, it is just that the handful of Bush supporters make a lot of noise. I feel confidant that Bush will pay for his crimes, although it will probably be after his term as President is over.

Answer 10

I can see that the kids are out of school by the answers....Clinton WAS impeached..He was just not removed from office...the two are exclusive of each other. Clinton committed a CRIME...not the fact that he got a hummer in office but rather what he did was lie about it....UNDER OATH...in a lawsuit filed against him. If you or I was to do that we would be in jail. Yes politics played a big part of it. GW may have lied..BUT it was not while under oath...and that is NOT a crime....