Today, in Olden Times
Take a trip in the way-back machine and try to remember December 19, 1998. Mark McGuire & Sammy Sosa were in a race to see who could break the home run record. Matthew Shepard had just been killed in Laramie. Pinochet was arrested in London. The Yankees swept the San Diego Padres. Jesse Ventura was the new Governer of Minnesota. Exxon and Mobil had just merged. Google was founded. Hugo Chavez had just been elected president of Venezuela. Stu Unger died. US and British planes bombed Iraq.
And President William Jefferson Clinton was impeached.
Good times.
It's pretty crazy, if you think about it, how little we think about the fact that Clinton was actually impeached. They wanted to remove him for lying about a blow job. Slice it any way you like, but that's what it comes down to. A blow job. Now we're stuck with a bunch of assclowns who have lied about things that brought us to war, killed thousands of people (hell, tens, maybe hundreds of thousands), destroyed due process and a lot of the bill of rights, shot their friends in the face, and probably eaten babies for breakfast, but we're too timid to talk about impeachment.
I'm up in the air myself. The fact that the whole Clinton impeachment sucked so much energy out of everyone and was so goddamned stupid makes me wary. The fact that Clinton just got more and more popular as the scandal wore is a big 'ol warning sign. I've gotten pretty attached to seeing the Chimp with poll numbers in the 30s, and I'm hoping to see him in the 20s before this is all over -- wouldn't want to give him some kind of sypathy bounce. Also making me wary: President Cheney. But fuck, you know? What the hell is impeachment for if not the likes of W? What the hell are we keeping our powder dry for? Nail the bastards.
Here's a couple of numbers:
The average support for hearings into the affaire Lewinsky: 36%
Average support for impeachment and removal of the Clenis: 26%
And a few more:
Support for impeaching and removing Bush, according to a March 16, 2006 poll by the American Research Group: 42%
Support for impeachment and removal by a September 2, 2006 CNN poll: 30%
Support for impeachemnt according to an October 2006 Newsweek poll: 51%
Just sayin'.
And President William Jefferson Clinton was impeached.
Good times.
It's pretty crazy, if you think about it, how little we think about the fact that Clinton was actually impeached. They wanted to remove him for lying about a blow job. Slice it any way you like, but that's what it comes down to. A blow job. Now we're stuck with a bunch of assclowns who have lied about things that brought us to war, killed thousands of people (hell, tens, maybe hundreds of thousands), destroyed due process and a lot of the bill of rights, shot their friends in the face, and probably eaten babies for breakfast, but we're too timid to talk about impeachment.
I'm up in the air myself. The fact that the whole Clinton impeachment sucked so much energy out of everyone and was so goddamned stupid makes me wary. The fact that Clinton just got more and more popular as the scandal wore is a big 'ol warning sign. I've gotten pretty attached to seeing the Chimp with poll numbers in the 30s, and I'm hoping to see him in the 20s before this is all over -- wouldn't want to give him some kind of sypathy bounce. Also making me wary: President Cheney. But fuck, you know? What the hell is impeachment for if not the likes of W? What the hell are we keeping our powder dry for? Nail the bastards.
Here's a couple of numbers:
The average support for hearings into the affaire Lewinsky: 36%
Average support for impeachment and removal of the Clenis: 26%
And a few more:
Support for impeaching and removing Bush, according to a March 16, 2006 poll by the American Research Group: 42%
Support for impeachment and removal by a September 2, 2006 CNN poll: 30%
Support for impeachemnt according to an October 2006 Newsweek poll: 51%
Just sayin'.
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