If Nixon was not technically impeached, then Clinton was not either?
403121
Actually, that is not correct. Impeachment is an act by Congress by which the House of Representatives formally requests the Senate to hold a trial of the President for high crimes or misdemeanors. In the case of President Nixon the crime was Obstruction of Justice for destroying evidence after it had been subpoenaed; in the case of President Clinton the crime was perjury for lying under oath during his sexual harrassment trial, not for lies he may have uttered in a press conference.\n\nAfter the House Judiciary Committee had voted to send the request for impeach to the full House for a vote, President Nixon resigned before the House could actually vote on it. Therefor, he was technically not impeached  1973. In the case of President Clinton, the House passed the resolution requesting the trial by the Senate, the Senate held the trial, and the Senate voted to acquit the President. Therefor President Clinton, just like President Andrew Johnson, was impeached but not convicted.\n\nSorry to rain on your parade!
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Can he?  Sure.  All it takes is a majority vote of the House of Representatives.\n\nWill he?  Probably not - the Republicans control the House and Senate at the moment.  Clinton was impeached when the opposition party controlled Congress.\n\nKeep in mind that impeachment does not mean removal from office.  Impeachment is simply the process of charging the President (or other positions like Vice-President or judges) with high crimes or misdemeanors.  Then the Senate acts as judge and jury to try the person.  If they are convicted by the Senate, they are removed from office.  Any criminal charges would then involve another trial after the person is out of office.
1152886
No, Bill Clinton was.
1171709
Nixon was never impeached.  He resigned before congress brought him to trial.  His vice president, Gerald Ford took over just as the constitution directs.\n\nThe scandal involved around whether or not the president either ordered, or knew about the Republican party's attempt to spy on and discredit the Democratic party in the weeks leading up to the election.  That and whether he attempted to cover up the illegal break in at the Watergate hotel.
1014603
Yes. I guess so but it would never work because Bush would have to be charged with a felony or general incompetence. I would be struck down not only by Republicans but also by the Democrats. Only two presidents have ever been impeached: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
567143
Didn't happen until Bill Clinton became President.
948135
The reason President Bush has not been impeached is that he has not committed an impeachable offense. The liberals’ constant rant that he lied is in fact a lie. He acted on the same information that congress did when they authorized the war in Iraq. He did not lie under oath as Clinton did. In fact, his biggest fault is that he has been brutally honest and the liberals don’t agree with what he has to say. That doesn’t make it a lie. I wish the liberals would come up with a meaningful rant, but I don’t think they’re capable of it.
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Like you said, they still don't know anything about government. Bill Clinton was never impeached, it takes both sides of congress to impeach a President, and it has to be by more than 75%. The Senate never impeached Bill Clinton, so this is another Republican lie. Just look at the ones on here now talking about Bill Clinton's private parts. It is sickening. Why doesn't George Bush, and the rest of the government talk about it? It's because he wasn't impeached numb-nuts!!!
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Yes, had Nixon not been the paranoid man that he was, his ability to conduct foreign affairs with almost pinpoint precision would have made him a man of the ages.  Instead, most people refer to him as the president behind Watergate.  That's a shame.  He was also very adept at working both sides of the political aisle in US politics.  He was a genius at times.
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Yes! Under this Administration it is worse than the KGB. When is America going to wake up and demand accountability from George W. Bush, for his abuse of his office and the power bestowed upon him? We impeached Nixon for much less than this. How long are we going to sit back and take this kind of corruption?
184562
I'm sure glad I don't have to explain to my children about voting for Bush. That's a real relief to know when he gets impeached. I didn't vote for Nixon either when was impeached. So my conscience is clear.
251516
Wrong Genius!  He definately WAS Impeached - which does not mean he was removed from office, just rebuked by the House of Representatives.  Nixon left office prior to his.\nCheck out the WHITE HOUSE'S OWN SITE (Clinton's Biography):\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html\nand Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton\n\nFrom http://www.ourtimelines.com/zpcimp.html:\nBehind a backdrop unique in historical terms, on Saturday 19 December 1998, President William Jefferson Clinton was impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming only the second President in U.S. History, and the only man popularly elected as President to have been so charged. \nThe House voted 228 to 206 to approve proposed Article I of Impeachment (Perjury before a Federal Grand Jury), and voted 221 to 212 to approve proposed Article III of Impeachment (Obstruction of Justice). \n\nAlthough the impeachment process succeeded at the level of the House of Representatives, without the Senate's confirming action in this matter, no further action was taken.
825246
Well, he could be impeached if congress chose to do so, but then Cheney would step and be President, so no there would not be a mid term presidential election.
710854
Let's see...why should Bush be impeached? He lied in office...just like Clinton just about different things. He also swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and had his rubber stamp Republican congress pass laws that basically ignore the law of the land. Spin it anyway you want...Bush should be impeached for his conduct as president...which has been anything but "Presidential".
668692
Instead of impeaching them, I'd get more satisfaction at throwing peaches at them. But, I don't see how we can try to impeach Clinton because he lied about his personal life (something the press should've never gotten into), but impeachment is impossible for a man who is ruining the country. What a place!
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No president has been removed by the Senate, Nixon resigned before he would have been though.
536582
Clinton was an AMAZING president. What I don't understand about this whole thing, though, is why he was nearly impeached for lying about sex, while our current president is rewarded for bringing our country to war under false pretenses.