Why don't conservatives understand that there is a difference between an impeachment trial and actually being

Question

impeached? Yes clinton had an inpeachment trial but "President of the United States Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998, and acquitted by the Senate on February 12, 1999. " (source wikipedia) do you just not know what the word acquitted means? So if your small minds still don't get it if you are impeached you are gone from office from that day on so how did Clinton finish out his term in office then? I mean he had people to give pardons to at the end.

Yes I know that he was impeached but just wanted to have some more fun with those with a hardon for clinton. Even the quote I used from wikipedia said he was impeached just figured in your anger you'd never see it. But I will say that Ronin is still a douche bag .

Answer 1

You said it yourself, he was impeached. During his trial, held in the senate and presided over by the chief judge of the Supreme Court, he was aquitted.

Answer 2

Terminology seems to have gotten the better of you.

Impeachment is the initation of a process that can lead to either a conviction or an acquittal. It is analogous to an indictment. Just because you are acquitted in a trial does not mean that you were not indicted. Replace "indictted" in the previous sentence with "impeached" and you should have an idea how this works. An impeachment means that the impeaching body (in the case of the President, the House of Representatives) has found there to be sufficient evidence of a crime having been committed that a trial is necessary. A conviction on the impeachment is necessary to remove someone from office. Unfortunately it is hard to get the media to use this language appropriately.

In order to remove the current political stain from this issue just take a look back to see if Andrew Johnson was impeached (yes he was) and whether he was convicted (no he wasn't).

So, in the end Clinton was impeached and acquitted. He remained in office. He was not convicted. I hope this helps. If you want to say that he wasn't impeached that will require a time machine and the willingness to change history.

Answer 3

Actually, we understand exactly what impeachment means. You, on the other hand, seem to have conflated impeachment and removal.

Impeachment is the government equivalent of an indictment. The impeachment charges were brought before the House of Representatives (acting as the grand jury would in a criminal trial) and they voted on the impeachment charges. Two of the 4 charges were upheld, meaning Clinton was impeached (indicted) and thus the charges were sent to the Senate for trial for dismissal.

The Senate voted down dismissal on the impeachment charges and thus Clinton remained in office.

So, he was impeached (indicted) but acquitted in the trial.

Tis better to keep one's mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Answer 4

Sorry son, but you are just dead wrong about that. Impeachment is not like being charged with a crime. When you are impeached, that means that formal charges are brought against the individual. The impeachment trial determines whether or not the individual is guilty of those charges. There is no reversal of the impeachment. There is a guilty or not finding. And if you study the case very closely, Clinton was found guilty of many crimes, but the chicken S___ republicans in Congress did not see fit to remove him from office.

Get your facts straighter before you speak.

Answer 5

OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson were acquitted also. Does anyone doubt that they were murderer and child molester, respectively? "Nuff said? A complete impeachment of a president would have been damaging to the reputation of the US and a smear on the Office of the Presidency. Bill Clinton was a smear on the presidency himself, and so shall he be seen by historians. There was no need to kick him down the steps of the White House so late in his ignonimous reign. At the end of his term he left in disgrace anyway, although Democrats will never admit it. Those who consistantly idolize Clinton can be compaired to the teeny mob outside the Jackson trial, screaming "We love you, Michael!!" Plus, one might even say that the jury was stacked. Oops, that's a word that probably shouldn't be used around Bill Clinton.

Answer 6

You are incorrect. Impeachment refers to the approval of charges by the House, for referral to the Senate. Trial in the Senate results in conviction or acquittal.

Clinton was impeached but acquitted. Other officials have been impeached and convicted.

Both sets of individuals were impeached.

Clinton was impeached.

Answer 7

Nice completely incorrect lecture there pal. Impeachment is the process of removing an elected official from office. Conviction or acquittal are the results of the impeachment.

President Clinton was impeached resulting in an acquittal. He was most defiantely impeached he was simply not convicted.

Why don't you moronic leftists understand the meaning of words?

Would you like to delete your inane question (statement) now or keep it up here for all to see the complete foolishness of the political left?

Answer 8

To be impeached is to be put on trial--not necessarily removed. Again: Clinton and Andrew Johnson were the only American Presidents impeached.

Answer 9

He was impeached and that is a fact There is no spinning the truth



William Jefferson Clinton has become only the second president in the history of the United States to be impeached.



The first vote was 228 to 206 in favour of impeaching President Clinton for perjury in front of a grand jury. Congressmen also passed another charge on obstruction of justice by 221 to 212.

Answer 10

Most people don't understand that. Impeachment is not widely understand. Essentially an impeachment is an indictment, as in a legal trial, only with different terminology due to public office.