posted on November 11, 2005 08:56:24 AM new
As always ole willie blames everyone else but himself.
Clinton Calls Impeachment Egregious Abuse
By FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press Writer Fri Nov 11, 5:02 AM ET
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Former president
Bill Clinton called Congress' impeachment of him an "egregious" abuse of the Constitution and challenged those who say history will judge him poorly because of his White House tryst with Monica Lewinsky.
Speaking at an academic conference examining his presidency here Thursday, Clinton challenged historian Douglas Brinkley's comments in a newspaper interview that Clinton would be deemed a great president were it not for his impeachment.
"I completely disagree with that," Clinton said in his speech at Hofstra University. "You can agree with that statement, but only if you think impeachment was justified. Otherwise, it was an egregious abuse of the Constitution and law and history of our country."
Clinton was acquitted by the Senate of perjury and obstruction of justice at his 1999 impeachment trial, which he argued was not about what he called his "misconduct."
"Now if you want to hold it against me that I did something wrong, that's a fair deal," he said. "If you do that, then you have a whole lot of other questions, which is how many other presidents do you have to downgrade and what are you going to do with all those Republican congressmen, you know, that had problems?"
Clinton touted what he called the achievements of his eight-year presidency, from Middle East peace initiatives to turning around the U.S. economy.
His remarks were cheered loudly by the audience.
Clinton said his administration's failures included its slowness to act to halt the genocide in Rwanda and the decision to allow federal agents to raid a cult leader's compound in Waco, Texas. Nearly 80 cult followers died in a fire during the 1993 confrontation.
"We should have waited them out," he said.
The presidential conference is the 11th to be held at Hofstra; the first in 1982 examined the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
posted on November 11, 2005 09:05:23 AM new
"""As always ole willie blames everyone else but himself.""
Problems in America...as always blame everyone but the turd you "elected".
Bear you really have a "thing" for Billy, don't you? C'mon, admit , you're just jealous of Monica
I know neocons are very uniformed about issues but, bearsy, Clinton isn't the president any longer.....
[ edited by mingotree on Nov 11, 2005 09:06 AM ]
posted on November 11, 2005 09:23:37 AM newyou're just jealous of Monica
Why? Are you volunteering to come over & show me how she did it?
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
[ edited by Bear1949 on Nov 11, 2005 09:24 AM ]
posted on November 11, 2005 07:29:17 PM newSeveral million sperm cells died on Monica's dress.
At least Bill's got that far. How many millions of your sperm cells die in your pants while you are at the strip club?
I bet Bill's dollar went a lot further than yours did.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on November 12, 2005 09:57:44 AM newHow many of the half dozen of your sperm cells die up inside your boyfriend?
Why don't you come on over and I can show you how many
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on November 12, 2005 10:44:02 AM newHey NEOCONS just remember unlike Bush when Clinton lied no one died.
Once AGAIN, you show your TOTAL ignorance, peepa. READ how many clinton let die by not taking action in countries where their people were being slaughtered.
READ how many died when he spent four days bombing IRAQ in 1998.
GET INFORMED....every post you make [just about] IS FALSE.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on November 12, 2005 01:03:04 PM newREAD how many died when he spent four days bombing IRAQ in 1998.
How many innocent Iraqis have died in the 27 months during the Bush occupation of Iraq.
I bet that number doesn't even compare to your four days.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on November 12, 2005 01:07:59 PM newOh God....now he's propositioning men on this board. YUCK!!!
If that is what you call propositioning, then no wonder why you can't get a man.
Besides, that just goes to show how homophobic you are. You don't say anything about how "yucky" it is when Maggie gets propositioned by certain posters.
The religious bigot shows her true colors once again.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on November 12, 2005 01:34:25 PM new
Logansdad, i have a proposition for you, why don't you dry up and blow away. Don't go away mad..........just go away.
