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] > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The PeopleNet DisAbility DateNet Check out my new book > All About Love, Sex & Disability THE LANDSCAPE OF MY DISABILITY > Stories, Articles, Poems, Books * Published by The Lemonade Factory * > http://idt.net/~mauro http://idt.net/~mauro/books.html > >>---> MOST BOOKS NOW ON SALE <---<< > including my "Real Crip Sex" booklet > For info send a SASE to: PeopleNet POB 897 Levittown NY 11756-0897 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------