Should Bill Clinton Have Been Impeached?
Approval Rate: 29%
Reviews 29
by cedarwill
Fri Mar 26 2010yes, the president practiced braking religious laws providing an education around diverse human existences related to belief manipulating the population of earth as an whole with language inventions extracting resources for trade forced there is serious neglect for human population survival on earth from the white house since then
by abichara
Fri Mar 26 2010Technically he perjured himself before a grand jury, a criminal act in most jurisdictions that could have entailed jail time. He also ended up losing his law license over this, so it wasn't as if it was something small. However, he lied about the nature of his relationship with a White House intern. He didn't commit treason nor did he personally engage in criminal behavior. The only thing he violated were his martial vows, which he did a lot according to most accounts. Nevertheless, I found it hard to justify removing him from office for that reason alone. It was a complicated issue, with both sides having good arguments either way. At the end of the day, the court of public opinion saved him. The economy was growing robustly in 1998 and people felt good about Clinton's performance otherwise. Nixon didn't have that benefit in 1973-74, in the midst of a major oil crisis in the Middle East. The economic situation was the nail that sealed Nixon's coffin, but it was the fac... Read more
by djahuti
Thu Mar 11 2010Clinton ? I don't like the rapscallion,but it was Bush who should have been impeached.When you slaughter your own troops to push your agenda,and lie about justifications for sending them into battle,that's worthy of not only impeachment,but a lifetime in prison.
by jedi58
Fri Aug 14 2009I don't think Bill Clinton should have been impeached. A mistake made in his private life does not affect his ability to run a country. From here in the UK it looked like Bill Clinton did a very good job as President and it just doesn't seem that big a deal - he lied to protect his private life, and surely he should not have to disclose such information?
by chalky
Sun Jun 07 2009Yes, Clinton should've been impeached. The fucker lied under oath but the whole thing was bs anyway.
by spike65
Mon Oct 20 2008He was.
by daedalus
Mon Jan 09 2006Just wanted to reiterate Eschew's review. Many people don't realize that impeachment is simply the process of removal, but says nothing of the guilt or innocence of the President. It should probably read "Should Bill Clinton have been convicted from his impeachment?" or something to that effect.
by szinhonshu
Tue Jan 03 2006Yes, as he committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" that are described as the appropriate grounds for impeachment in the Federal Constitution. And he should have been disbarred in Arkansas as well, rather than simply suspended.
by mariusqeldroma
Tue Jan 03 2006If high crimes and misdemeanors means a fib to Congress about a matter that took place in private, and that does not affect the destiny of the nation, we'd run out of politicians fairly quickly.
by jar_jar_binks
Wed Feb 23 2005Not at all. Whatever actions he did while in office never warranted to any crimes or misdemeanors. Therefore, he should never have been impeached in the first place.
by eschewobfuscat_ion
Mon Feb 21 2005BULLETIN: He was impeached. He was one of only two presidents in history to suffer such an indignity, not that he cared. He was acquitted by the Senate and allowed to stay in office. UPDATE: Note of clarification: the other was not Richard Nixon. FURTHER UPDATE: Further, children, he was impeached by the House FOR perjury AND obstruction of justice, so I don't think it's quite as benign as lying about sex. They passed on the criminal charges of suborning perjury and conspiracy, although the evidence certainly would have justified their inclusion in the impeachment proceedings. One of the most rampant problems in our legal system today is how common perjury is, so it was nice of Bill to set a shining example for anyone hoping to two-step his way around telling the truth under oath. Look, even the President does it, and gets away with it.
by lanceroxas
Sun Feb 20 2005Note to everyone: he didn't just lie, he lied under oath! With his hand on the bible while in office and under a constitution he swore to uphold. The scandal that lead up to his impeachment was fueled by HIS OWN stonewalling and lying. There were indictments of his closest associates and essential documents that conveniently disappeared off the planet. Clinton and his wife are grade A dirtballs and that's a fact. And all that being said the investigations were a total waste of time and money. Was the public better served by the investigations? I think not. And the republicans wasted valuable political capital along the way- in the end making him look as the victim of a witchhunt instead of the lying dirtball he was.UPDATE*****Canada, you have to be one of the most consistently clueless reviewers on this website. It is simply disingenuous to claim Bush lied unless you deconstruct the actually definition to suit your pathetic argument. His stonewalling wasn't just about sex but e... Read more
by louiethe20th
Sat Feb 19 2005That is like saying,Should O.J. have gotten the Death-Penalty?CanadaSucks, he committed pergury.The last time I checked that was a crime and a means for impeachment.Don't want to start a flamewar, but you are a moron!
by canadasucks
Sat Feb 19 2005For a blow$ob? (Don't give me the he lied crap - it was about sex period) Does anyone care that the rest of the world laughed for months about this? Does anyone want to live in a world that is a little less interested in the president's dick? Do you want a prez who gets laid and has international political respect or a prez who lies about war and can't get anyone in the world to believe in his war? I'm waiting. . .
by pzkpfw_vi_e
Thu Aug 26 2004It is my understanding that Clinton was Impeached by the House of Representatives, he just wasn't kicked out of office by the Senate, they rejected the articles of Impeachment. But, nevertheless, he was still Impeached by the House.
by jglscd35
Sat Jun 12 2004no, but he also should have kept it in his pants.
by kolby1973
Thu Apr 22 2004Absolutely not. Bill Clinton's personal life is his business regardless of whether he is our leader or not. If you were the president, would you want the public looking in your bedroom during your intimate moments? Don't think so. And for those that feel President Clinton should be impeached for lying...then I guess almost all of them should get booted....not just him....
by redoedo
Thu Apr 22 2004Regardless of how minor the offense was, Clinton was under oath and lied. Last time I checked, that was called purjery, which is against the law and an utter betrayal of the Constitution that Clinton swore to uphold. By all legal standards, Clinton probably should have been held accountable for his actions.
by solenoid_dh
Sun Apr 18 2004It's silly to even ask this question. He shook his finger at the cameras and proudly lied to the entire world. He enlisted others to lie and stonewall for him. He obstructed justice. He approved of the scorched earth policy of blackmailing those who tried to bring him to justice. If he should not have been impeached AND removed from office, then we've never had a president who should be impeached, and probably never will.
by irishgit
Wed Mar 24 2004Of all the lies that all the presidents have told, lying about getting a little strange stuff seems a little mild to require impeachment.
by minkey
Tue Mar 09 2004Martha Stewart lied to the government and she's going to jail. Bill Clinton lied to the government and he stayed in office.
by anonymous
Sun Jan 25 2004No, Clinton should not have been impeached. While he did indeed lie, it did not affect Americans, and it certainly did not affect the world. Clinton lied; no one died. Compare this to the dangerous lies or crimes of Ronald Reagan (Iran-Contra) and George W. Bush (lying about National Security and weapons in Iraq). Bush's lies could actually cause a world crisis, and they have already led to the deaths of many American soldiers. Is Bush getting impeached? Of course not! Congress is controlled by Republicans! The impeachment of Bill Clinton was just a Republican plot to get a Democrat out of office.
by stanuzbeck
Sat Jan 24 2004I never really had a lot of love for Clinton, but I think that he did far more good than harm in his terms of office, and I absolutely despise the GOP specifically because of Clinton's impeachment. It was disgusting and petty and really unhelpful. It cost millions of dollars and took up a lot of time and energy that could have been spent doing something productive or good for the country. And don't think that the Republicans went after him because of some noble pursuit of truth and the principles of justice and morality. They did not. They are entirely unconcerned about such things themselves, except when it is politically expedient. Bill Clinton was no saint, but his lying under oath about committing adultery was nothing compared to the crimes of Bush and Nixon. Whether he did or did not have sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky was never the issue. The issue was always that there was a man in office who the GOP and their corporate masters couldn't fully control, and they hated ... Read more
by ladyshark4534
Wed Oct 29 2003Yes because he did lie to the American people. I'm sorry, but I dislike dishonesty in a president. Clinton lied to me and the people in my country.
by hendo76a
Thu Sep 18 2003OK. I'll take the bait and say no. Purjuring oneself (legally, the charge of perjury in this case is hard to prove, which is why the impeachment wasn't passed) to hide the embarassment of a sexual affair is a lot different than, say, systematically subverting the electoral process by bugging and harassing your competitors and then destroying documents that were subpoenaed, while trying to have underlings take the fall. I never understood why Republicans were so obsessed with Bill Clinton and his penis...even comparing this to Watergate is ridiculous. Bill Clinton's indiscretion should have been kept between him, his family and Monica and not used for political purposes in the first place. Then again, if he had been found guilty, then Al Gore would have taken over the Presidency and distanced himself from Clinton, thus winning the 2000 election easily and you Republicans wouldn't have your boy in the White House.
by kamylienne
Sun Sep 14 2003Not that it makes much of a difference to me either way, but he did lie, very blatantly, and should have been held accountable for it, even if for a minor offense (though I'm sure it wasn't minor to Hillary--I'm surprised she didn't divorce him!)
by bigbaby
Wed Sep 10 2003The man should be in prison right now. Lied to the whole nation, and is being accused by several women of rape.
by rebelyell1861
Wed Sep 10 2003No, he should have been hog-tied and horse-whipped.
by president_x_d
Tue Sep 09 2003Bill Clinton perjured himself in a court of law. He deprived a citizen of her day in court. This is conduct unbecoming to the office of the President of the United States if I've ever heard it. He should have been out on his ear.