Re: Bill Clinton Decries His Impeachment In Speech At Hofstra
- From: "jose" <josefsoplar@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 12 Nov 2005 15:21:25 -0800
Roger wrote:
> Once again, he proves he's smarter than all conservatives.
>
> History will show the House Republicans to be petty, political, short
> sighted fools.
It's amazing how Democrats publicly blame
everyone else for their shortcomings. They
seem to think that the American people are
too stupid to see through this tiresome ploy.
>
> Too bad you're too old to live to see it.
>
>
> "jose" <josefsoplar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1131731608.515793.67820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The poor baby is still whining after all these years.
>
> Bill Clinton Decries His Impeachment In Speech At Hofstra
>
>
> HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Former President Clinton said Thursday that his
> impeachment was "an egregious abuse of the Constitution" and asked if
> history judges him poorly because of his White House tryst with Monica
> Lewinsky, "How many other presidents do you have to downgrade?"
>
> Speaking on the opening day of a three-day conference at Hofstra
> University examining his presidency, Clinton challenged a statement by
> noted historian Douglas Brinkley, who opined in a newspaper interview
> that Clinton would be deemed a great president were it not for his
> impeachment.
>
> "I completely disagree with that," Clinton said. "You can agree with
> that statement, but only if you think impeachment was justified.
> Otherwise, it was an egregious abuse of the Constitution and law and
> history of our country."
>
> Clinton, who was acquitted by the Senate of perjury and obstruction of
> justice at his 1999 impeachment trial, contended that the impeachment
> was not about what he called his "misconduct."
>
> "Now if you want to hold it against me that I did something wrong,
> that's a fair deal," he said. "If you do that, then you have a whole
> lot of other questions, which is how many other presidents do you have
> to downgrade and what are you going to do with all those Republican
> congressmen, you know, that had problems?"
>
> His remarks were cheered loudly by the audience.
>
> In a speech that lasted more than an hour, Clinton touched on many of
> what he called the achievements of his eight-year presidency, citing
> everything from Middle East peace initiatives to turning around the
> U.S. economy.
>
> Among his Democratic administration's failures, he said, were its
> slowness to act to stop genocide in Rwanda and the decision to allow
> FBI agents to raid a cult leader's compound in Waco, Texas. Nearly 80
> cult followers died in a fire during the 1993 confrontation.
>
> "We should have waited them out," Clinton said.
>
> Former cabinet members, White House staffers and academicians converged
> at Hofstra for the conference, which will touch on issues including the
> economy, relations with Congress, the Middle East and Northern Ireland
> peace processes and confronting terrorism.
>
> Those participating include former Attorney General Janet Reno,
> ex-Defense Secretary William Perry, former Treasury Secretary Robert
> Rubin and advisers Paul Begala, David Gergen and Harold Ickes.
>
> During an opening keynote speech, former chief of staff Leon Panetta
> quipped that he appreciated "the opportunity to, considering the
> problems that are confronting this White House, to take some comfort in
> the ability to say when we were in the White House those were the good
> old days."
>
> The presidential conference is the 11th to be held at Hofstra; the
> first was held in 1982 and examined the presidency of Franklin Delano
> Roosevelt.
>
> Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz said this year's conference was
> "one of the very first attempts to write the historical record of the
> Clinton presidency."
>
> Brinkley, who is serving as a moderator at several events, said the
> transcripts and other records from the Hofstra sessions are considered
> important reference materials for students of history across the
> country.
>
> Madeleine Albright, Clinton's secretary of state from 1997 to 2001,
> introduced him Thursday evening. In remarks earlier Thursday, she
> recalled some of the administration's foreign policy efforts during her
> term.
>
> "I have always believed America is an exceptional country. But that is
> because we have led in creating standards that work for everyone, not
> because we are an exception to the rules," she said. "Countries should
> know that America is a nation whose leaders can be trusted and who will
> practice what they preach. By that high standard, I am proud of the
> Clinton administration's record."
> © 2005 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may
> not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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