from wikipedia:
President of the United States Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998, and acquitted by the Senate on February 12, 1999.
Impeached, just really means that charges were brought up, not that he was found guilty. Same way someone can be indicted, but acquitted at trial.
I hear ya though. It makes it look like he was thrown out of office the way they worded it.
Ray "The Don" Vega
Managing Director
Private Equity Fund [email protected]
Usage Note: When an irate citizen demands that a disfavored public official be impeached, the citizen clearly intends for the official to be removed from office. This popular use of impeach as a synonym of "throw out" (even if by due process) does not accord with the legal meaning of the word. As recent history has shown, when a public official is impeached, that is, formally accused of wrongdoing, this is only the start of what can be a lengthy process that may or may not lead to the official's removal from office. In strict usage, an official is impeached (accused), tried, and then convicted or acquitted. The vaguer use of impeach reflects disgruntled citizens' indifference to whether the official is forced from office by legal means or chooses to resign to avoid further disgrace.
Usage Note: When an irate citizen demands that a disfavored public official be impeached, the citizen clearly intends for the official to be removed from office. This popular use of impeach as a synonym of "throw out" (even if by due process) does not accord with the legal meaning of the word. As recent history has shown, when a public official is impeached, that is, formally accused of wrongdoing, this is only the start of what can be a lengthy process that may or may not lead to the official's removal from office. In strict usage, an official is impeached (accused), tried, and then convicted or acquitted. The vaguer use of impeach reflects disgruntled citizens' indifference to whether the official is forced from office by legal means or chooses to resign to avoid further disgrace.
Way to simplify things...
Ray "The Don" Vega
Managing Director
Private Equity Fund [email protected]
Clinton was impeached, and he should have been convicted. Only a corrupt and partisan process saved him.
You've got to be kidding. I doubt you will find anyone over the age of 12 who hasn't done something slightly questionable in his or her time. Did his personal life really get in the way of running the country?
You've got to be kidding. I doubt you will find anyone over the age of 12 who hasn't done something slightly questionable in his or her time. Did his personal life really get in the way of running the country?
Getting a blow job is WAY more damaging to the country than invading random countries based on lies.
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