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Originally Posted by Sonicfire1981
Voting against impeaching Clinton for lying under oath & obstructing justice was wrong.
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Actually what was wrong about it was the fact that the Republicans decided to impeach Clinton knowing that it would not result in a conviction. It shouldn't have happened. The impeachment process was never meant to punish the political opposition. The last three impeachments have been just that. As I have stated, without a resonable consensus that would at least come close to removal it is that thing with goats. Only in the Nixon case was this a reality. And because of it Nixon resigned. And the reason he did is because enough GOP Senators were not going to defend his obvious illegal activities and they let it be known.
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It's an easy argument to not do the right thing now (voting against the constitution wether the senate should resolve this impeachment or not - because there really isn't anything to decide) because of what the oponent did 22 years ago.
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I don't think that is the argument. It is more along the lines of 'we are not going to let you punish a GOP politician without good cause or consenus.' It is no more complicated than that. And the reason for that is because then it will be the normal thing to do in Washington. You may not like the way it pans out but it is a political reality that you should try to understand.