To: pezz who wrote (8224 ) 10/14/1998 8:47:00 PM From: greenspirit Read Replies (5) | Respond to
pezz, let me try and explain where I believe are differences lie. So from what I gather, you feel that unless someone does something illegal he should not be impeached. If this is true, then I guess you feel that Nixon should never have been threatened impeachment? After all it was never proved that he did anything illegal. He simply lied, and lost the trust and faith of the people. Eventually it may have been proven that he was personally involved in illegalities, but I doubt it. We could have easily had a protracted political battle, based on empirical evidence of legal rights for quite some time. He could have argued the use of what "is" meant and a whole bunch of other things. He was forced to resign because the American people felt he had broken faith with our moral principles and made false and misleading statements. That was enough. His principles were out of alignment with the peoples.
