Originally Posted by Taichiliberal
No bullshit or spin...Slick Willy gets an article of impeachment for lying under oath....the willfully ignornant neocon toadies and parrots want to leave it at that. The average schmoe with a high school diploma and a job would ask, "what did he lie about?". Answer....an extra-marital affair...which had NOTHING to do with the initial investigation into an alleged insider trading violation.....
WAAAAANK!
Please do NOT share your wanking, Dixie! Sorry, and I had such high hopes for you, it started out so well... Yes, Clinton was impeached for lying under oath, I have to give you kudos for admitting that, after hearing pinheads yammer for 13 years, that he was not impeached, or that he was impeached for having sex with his intern, it is refreshing to know that history finally sunk in, and you now realize he was impeached for lying under oath.
Obviously, your ears have been clogged with right wing talking points and the blatherings of Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, the WND, NewsMax, Fox Noise, Maulkin, Crowley, Levin, the WND, the Washington Times, etc., because for 13 years folk like me have been pointing out the details of the ARTICLE of impeachment, and the dubious legality of the reasons that were behind it. Now, you are also correct that he lied about an extra-marital affair, but it wasn't in any trial pertaining to insider trading, it was in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Jones. There is a significant difference. Being the charge was "sexual harassment" the fact that Clinton was having an extra-marital affair, was material to the prosecution's case. Even a dim bulb such as yourself, should understand that. If a Republican had lied under oath and jeopardized a case like that, he would still be pissing on the bars trying to rust his way out of jail for it.
Ignoring your last supposition and conjecture filled sentence, you've once again have NOT gotten your facts entirely straight. Paula Jones lawsuit was a separate issue from the Starr investigation of the Clintons (Lewinsky was asked to testify, but signed an affidavit stating she didn't have sex with Clinton) ....until Tripp introduced the taped conversations with Lewinsky to Starr. Here's a nice little chronology of the situation for your edification:
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/clintontimeline.htm
As you can see, my previous statement stands firm in light of the facts.
No bullshit or spin......a right wing attack dog ponies up evidence that Weiner been web flirting with a bunch of women via nude/lewd/suggestive pics, tweets and e-mails. Weiner lies badly about it, and has to publically cop to the lying. Big deal for his new bride wife who is now pregnant.....Publically embarassing, critical damage for a re-election, possible ethics violation in using gov't property, but has NOTHING to do with his record of revealing neocon BS on the Congressional floor.
You're right, it has nothing to do with his record in Congress. Thanks for admitting that... some pinheads were claiming earlier that this was a right wing dirty trick, some even suggested Andrew Breitbart hacked Weiner's computer... when the 'hacking' excuse was still in play.
Of which I said earlier that another screw-up Weiner did was hand a victory to tha POS neocon hack Breitbart by lying his ass off. Score one for the documented liar Breitbart, who like the proverbial broken clock can be right at least twice in one day.
Anyone party screaming moral outrage from either side of the political fence are living in glass houses and should STFU.
You're absolutely correct, I hope that Republicans will just let this go... allow Weiner to remain right where he is until election time! I can think of nothing better for the Democrats than to have to tolerate the ridicule and jokes, and have this ineffective clown taking up space on the Democrat side of the aisle. I think the people who elected Weiner should get to decide if his ethics and morals matter to them, and if they don't... hell, re-elect the pervert! Then we can make him the Poster Boy for the Democrats... sounds wonderful to me! What can I possibly do to help ensure he isn't forced to resign???