Yeah, but why was Johnson impeached? For trying to give the
impoverished South a bit of a safety net, if I remember my (unabridged,
politically-incorrect but accurate) history.
And it ain't 'cause Billy got hisself a hummer from a ditzy intern, it's
because he lied under oath.
SEE 44th Prez. - Libby Dole (and still a babe at 62)
-Kyle
Bob Mauro - PeopleNet wrote:
>
> As a voracious reader of history, I have to laugh when I hear
> hypocritical Republicans and whimpy Democrats say Clinton's
> impeachment will be forever a black mark on his presidency. What a
> laugh! It will be as black a mark as the totally partisan impeachment
> of Andrew Johnson was on his presidency. Therefore, I thought I'd
> write what an historian a hundred years from today might say to
> describe President William Jefferson Clinton's presidency:
>
> WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, 42nd President of the
> United States: From his candidacy in 1992, fanatical
> Right Wing partisan Republicans, unable to defeat Clinton
> on the issues, attempted to smear him by implicating
> Clinton in murders, drug running, and countless sexual
> crimes. A hypocritical, partisan Republican congress,
> driven by fascistic Christian conservative Republican
> moral hypocrites, who were opposed to civil rights,
> affirmative action, the minimum wage, environmental
> regulations, and better health care for the poor, and who
> committed various and similar "sexual crimes" and
> unethical acts themselves, were only successful in
> shutting down the government and stifling the business
> of congress for eight years.
> Clinton, never ceasing to move the country forward
> despite the constant political harassment from the Right,
> fought for better health care, affirmative action, and
> better education. And despite endless partisan
> investigations from the fanatical Republican conservative
> majority, Clinton managed to balance the budget and
> create the most prosperous country in U.S. history at the
> end of the 20th Century.
> SEE 44th President, Clinton, Hilary R.
>
> Bob Mauro, [log in to unmask]
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