What Did They Say When They Were Impeaching Clinton?

[kpete]

What Did They Say When They Were Impeaching Clinton?
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2005-12-27 10:34. Impeachment
From the Impeach Bush Coalition:

Tom Delay (R-TX):
"This nation sits at a crossroads. One direction points to the higher road of the rule of law. Sometimes hard, sometimes unpleasant, this path relies on truth, justice and the rigorous application of the principle that no man is above the law. Now, the other road is the path of least resistance. This is where we start making exceptions to our laws based on poll numbers and spin control. This is when we pitch the law completely overboard when the mood fits us, when we ignore the facts in order to cover up the truth.

No man is above the law, and no man is below the law. That’s the principle that we all hold very dear in this country."


James Sensenbrenner: (R-WI):
"What is on trial here is the truth and the rule of law. Our failure to bring President Clinton to account for his lying under oath and preventing the courts from administering equal justice under law, will cause a cancer to be present in our society for generations. I want those parents who ask me the questions, to be able to tell their children that even if you are president of the United States, if you lie when sworn "to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth," you will face the consequences of that action, even when you don't accept the responsibility for them."


Bill Frist (R-TN):
"I will have no part in the creation of a constitutional double-standard to benefit the President. He is not above the law. If an ordinary citizen committed these crimes, he would go to jail."


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[librechik]

1. Dems: YOU must obey the letter of the law! Pukkkes: Not so much...

[liberal N proud]

2. Join the Republican Party - They are above the law

If you want to break the law you must be a republican, All others are prosecuted.

[rd_kent]

3. Yeah, this has come up.

It's amazing that when the pres was in trouble for lying about a blowjob, they said that, but when this pres and many others have done SO much more, they dont say word, but actuall defend it. Unbelievable!

[koopie57]

4. Well, if they were true then ........

change the names and repeat repeat repeat.