▲ 312 ▼ I'm scared (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] archonet@lemy.lol 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, they tried to impeach him. They were just looking for any angle to do it with. They assigned an open ended special prosecution to find something, anything they could use and Clinton decided to perjure himself on it. It wasn't noble permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] archonet@lemy.lol 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Listen, I'm not saying Clinton wasn't rad as a president -- he was -- but I'd also say him cheating on his wife wasn't very "noble", either. Nor was lying about it on TV to the entire country after getting caught. Yeah, I know, it's Hillary, but still not a cool thing to do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago From that perspective i found it insane that she stayed with him and then tried to become president herself. Gal, you sucked it up to your cheating husband, because of your power greed. This is a red flag larger than at the Sowjet parades. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I think the abuse of power dynamic was the worst part. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AIhasUse@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago To be clear, for anyone too young to remember, he WAS impeached for 2 reasons: lying under oath and obstruction of justice. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton#:~:text=The%20House%20adopted%20two%20articles,rejected%20by%20the%20House%20vote. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, they tried to impeach him. They were just looking for any angle to do it with. They assigned an open ended special prosecution to find something, anything they could use and Clinton decided to perjure himself on it. It wasn't noble permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] archonet@lemy.lol 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Listen, I'm not saying Clinton wasn't rad as a president -- he was -- but I'd also say him cheating on his wife wasn't very "noble", either. Nor was lying about it on TV to the entire country after getting caught. Yeah, I know, it's Hillary, but still not a cool thing to do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago From that perspective i found it insane that she stayed with him and then tried to become president herself. Gal, you sucked it up to your cheating husband, because of your power greed. This is a red flag larger than at the Sowjet parades. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I think the abuse of power dynamic was the worst part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] archonet@lemy.lol 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Listen, I'm not saying Clinton wasn't rad as a president -- he was -- but I'd also say him cheating on his wife wasn't very "noble", either. Nor was lying about it on TV to the entire country after getting caught. Yeah, I know, it's Hillary, but still not a cool thing to do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago From that perspective i found it insane that she stayed with him and then tried to become president herself. Gal, you sucked it up to your cheating husband, because of your power greed. This is a red flag larger than at the Sowjet parades. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I think the abuse of power dynamic was the worst part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago From that perspective i found it insane that she stayed with him and then tried to become president herself. Gal, you sucked it up to your cheating husband, because of your power greed. This is a red flag larger than at the Sowjet parades. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I think the abuse of power dynamic was the worst part. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AIhasUse@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago To be clear, for anyone too young to remember, he WAS impeached for 2 reasons: lying under oath and obstruction of justice. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton#:~:text=The%20House%20adopted%20two%20articles,rejected%20by%20the%20House%20vote. permalink fedilink source parent