if clinton was so good , then why was he impeached ?

Question

we dont impeach good presidents

Answer 1

He lied to a Grand Jury while under oath.

Answer 2

The way presidental impeachments work, is that there's a relative amount of restraint put upon congress.

Impeachments are meant to be hard or meant to be avoided, unless held they're very politically necessary.

That being said, the DNC and Clinton where under investigation for taking illegal contributions from Chinese interests. Because of Clinton's power's (and every presidents powers), he was able and capable of supressing information and proper investigation into the subject matter. But there clearly was a lot surround Clinton and the DNC durning these years.

Clinton also allowed the disclosement of missile technology...enabling China the capability to hit the US, which it didn't have prior to his disclosement. Often the two were thought to be together ie the contribution scandals and the missile technology disclosure.

One would wonder where NK is getting their missile technology....?

In my personal opinion Clinton was person of his time, as are most politicians. Not good, imo. Was he worthy of impeachment? Not sure.....I think he was definitely worth investigating (properly), and congress should have put heavy restraints on the missile technology. Unfortunately there's always some politician willing to sell us out....on both sides.

So you just have to look beyond the surface chief. Things aren't always what they seem.

Answer 3

Republicans couldn't stand the idea of Clinton winning two elections and investigated him for years until they finally impeached him for "lying under oath" It had nothing to do with the job he was doing as president, pure sour grapes and vindictiveness on the part of the republicans. Of course, the senate did not convict him, and Clinton remained in office.

Josh, Nixon WAS NOT impeached, he resigned rather than face impeachment and probable conviction.

Since so many of the answerers don't know what impeachment is : "Impeachment is so rare that the term is often misunderstood. A typical misconception is to confuse it with involuntary removal from office; in fact, it is only the legal statement of charges, paralleling an indictment in criminal law. An official who is impeached faces a second legislative vote (whether by the same body or another), which determines conviction, or failure to convict, on the charges embodied by the impeachment".

Answer 4

I bet it drives liberals nuts that Clinton was impeached but Bush isn't going to be? I don't like Bush, I'm just sayin'.

Clinton is the most over-rated president in America's history. Slick Willie did very little, other than cheat on his wife. He wasn't horrible, but he wasn't anywhere near as good as all his worshippers like to claim. And he never gets enough blame for letting terrorism succeed, grow and become so powerful during his presidency. He did nothing to stop, or even slow down, terrorism. Not to mention he refused to take bin Laden when Sudan offered him up (twice).

Answer 5

We impeach very few and then only when Congress runs rampant. Nixon resigned rather than risk it. Andrew Johnson would not go along with Congress that wanted to beat up on the south. Whether Clinton was good will depend on history, but after the first Bush's war and the good economy of Clinton's era, the sex thing got a bit out of hand (literally)

Answer 6

Clinton was "impeached", (which means to be accused), but NOT convicted. The republicans lied abou Clinton lying under oath, which he didn't. That's why they couldn't convict him. The republicans just wanted to smear him and make themselves look good. They spent untold hundreds of millions of dollars to do this. This helped them to steal the White House later. They somehow got Bush appointed after not winning the election of 2000. Now that the true criminals are in office, it is my hope the democrats grow some nads and impeach both Bush and Cheney for breaking international law, lying to the American people and to the world court, united nations, etc. (they technically lied under oath, since they did take the oath of office and swore to defend the constitution). All they did was defend their and their friends ability to profit greatly off of an illegal war. These republican criminals did far greater crimes against the American people than Clinton ever dreamed of. Clinton was actually a good President, while George Bush is what I call a "Diversion Clown" for the republican party. He is the side show that keeps the media focused on him while his handlers and cronies try to rule the world in the background. When this "diversion clown" is gone, we hope to elect a true leader to run our great nation once more. Perhaps Al Gore will run again....he did win the election once before!

Answer 7

It doesn't really matter why Clinton was impeached and most of us will never know the whole truth because the records were sealed . The sad part is that no matter who the next president is either Demo. or Repub. they will get the same treatment as Clinton and Bush because Bush is paying for the way Clinton was treated. We have set new standards for being mean and vindictive so the next president will be in for a rough ride.

Answer 8

He lied under oath. That will most definitely get you impeached.

The only difference between Bill and George is George has managed to keep his hands clean while his minions do the dirty work.

Nixon was impeached too, and he wasn't exactly a bad President either.

I like how Repubs use Clinton constantly to try and deflect the poor job Bush has done.

You guys might not realize it, but us Dems know exactly why you keep bringing Clinton up.

Answer 9

You already know why, he was impeached for committing perjury. Which has exactly zero to do with how "good" of a President he was. Apparently, we don't impeach bad Presidents either or Bush would be telling his story walking by now.

Answer 10

What was Clinton good at? What important legislation did he pass? Clinton was a good liar. Republicans knew that. They also knew he was an adulterer. So they wiretapped Linda Tripp and the rest is history. President Bush is a liar too. So why doesn't he get impeached? It seems to me that Democrats are good at supporting liars but they are really terrible at taking down stupid people. Republicans are really good at taking down liars even though they are stupid themselves. America doesn't want to have another impeachment trial. So the Democrats went after Scooter Libby? Can somebody say scapegoat? Let's vote for an honest politician in Ron Paul.