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Originally posted by theking
President Clinton did get impeached.
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Yes .. technically you're correct. An official is impeached (accused), tried, and then convicted or acquitted. He was in fact accused, and tried .. So in strict terms, yes he was impeached.
However,
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=impeach
"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. "
Easiest to use the popluar meaning on GFY ... Half the smack tards here will have hard enough of a time grasping that.
