The word "Impeachment" has been getting thrown around Daily Kos like crazy lately, especially since this diary showed that a majority of Americans support impeachment when the question ""If President Bush did not tell the truth about his reasons for going to war with Iraq, Congress should consider holding him accountable by impeaching him" was put to them. Being the egotistical bastard that I am, I can't help but add my two cents to the mix.
So, I'd like to take you all back 7 short years, to when a rosy-cheeked, cherubic President with a weakness for women was embroiled in scandal over something that was nobody's business. I'd like to look at what I believe are the lessons of the Clinton impeachment, and to try to apply them to the discussion that is going on today. I'd like to tell you why I think a call for a call for impeachment is a mistake.
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