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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK

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To: TigerPaw who wrote (22205)12/18/1998 4:54:00 PM
From: TigerPaw   of 67261
 
Guilty Guilty Guilty

Me that is... I shamelessly stold this quote from another post.


I quote from Morison, Commager and Leuchtenburg's The Growth of the American Republic Volum I, pp 750 -- 752.

Altogether, the impeachment of Johnson was one of the most disgraceful episodes in the history of the Federal Government, one that barely failed to suspend the presidential system. For had impeachment succeeded, the Radicals would have established the principle that Congress may remove a President, not for 'high Crimes and Midemeanors,' as required by the Constitution, but for purely political reasons. ...


TP (Who would rather be remembered for bad spelling than to have the legacy the RRs* will get)

* < New Code Word inserted for variety>

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