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	Benson	2008-10-03 , 04:02
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Originally Posted by sondjata

Clinton lied about getting head in the oval office. Now if lying under oath about felatio is a high crime, then someone please explain to me how admitting, on record, at a news conference that the president has broken the 4th Amendment and the FISA statutes, is not impeachable.

Well, admitting it isn't impeachable. Doing it in the first place, sure.

It's not a waste of time, it is about protecting the constitution. If the president can break the law and violate the constitutional rights of every citizen, then what the hell is the point of the Oath of Office which stipulates the upholding of the constitution?

In some areas, including Presidential impeachment, the interparty tension dominates over the inter-branch tension intended, so things don't work right; Senators are more concerned with blocking the other party from power than blocking the Oval Office from gaining power. That makes it a waste of time in the current climate. Rest assured neither the pro-president nor anti-president sides (now or with Clinton) are doing it for the Constitution's sake; it's all partisan.

It might be about protecting the Constitution, if it worked. (Though it would probably merely indicate that Party A controls the presidency, Party B strongly holds the Senate, and Party B wants the VP in for some reason.) Since it doesn't work, it is in fact a waste of time. Although my tendency is to call anything that makes the Senate waste time a good thing.

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