Comments on: Good Answer http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/good-answer Wed, 09 May 2012 10:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: DrGail http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/04/good-answer/comment-page-1#comment-30429 DrGail Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:34:38 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=3843#comment-30429 It starts looking like the impeachment of Bill Clinton was a brilliant tactical move, doesn't it? Rather than leaving the run-up to impeachment of Dick Nixon for genuine crimes as the primary modern-day example of impeachment, they went after Bill Clinton for a stupid, trumped-up crime that emanated from what is (or should be) a deeply personal matter. Now, the entire issue of impeaching a president takes on ugly partisan overtones -- never mind the fact that the GOP put them there -- so that Dubya is effectively shielded from legitimate impeachment. Damn, I hate when genius is used for evil rather than good! It starts looking like the impeachment of Bill Clinton was a brilliant tactical move, doesn’t it? Rather than leaving the run-up to impeachment of Dick Nixon for genuine crimes as the primary modern-day example of impeachment, they went after Bill Clinton for a stupid, trumped-up crime that emanated from what is (or should be) a deeply personal matter.

Now, the entire issue of impeaching a president takes on ugly partisan overtones — never mind the fact that the GOP put them there — so that Dubya is effectively shielded from legitimate impeachment.

Damn, I hate when genius is used for evil rather than good!

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