Why did Clinton get impeached for lying about a sexual pecidillo and Bush doesn't for lying about a war?

Question

The war caused over a million deaths and has nothing to do with any 9/11 threat.

Answer 1

Because Clinton deliberately lied, Bush was given wrong info of which he did pass on as fact, there both different.

Answer 2

Clinton lied under oath.

Answer 3

s*x is bad, war is good.

Answer 4

This is because we as Americans would rather have a president that will take us to war, bankrupt  our economy and send our men and women to their deaths (murder them) Then have some one lie and have oral s*x in office and have the best economy and have no loss of life by the way of War. That would not be the American way, we have morals and standards.

Answer 5

Clinton was impeached, but he was acquitted so he finished his term. He lied under oath.

Answer 6

It's a mystery to me! It would seem that most of congress actually sees nothing wrong with what Bush has done. Mabey they LIKE the massive unconstitutional powers he has heaped upon the executive branch!

Answer 7

The same reason the local uptight government tried to ram through a throw-out order on a local lingerie shop.

Harper Valley lives. :/

Answer 8

That was totally my fault.. Clinton WAS impeached, but never removed from office.. he was allowed to finish his last term.

As to the question at hand, I have NO idea why nobody has spoken up about impeaching Bush.. I myself wouldn't be for it, but that's ones opinion. And when I say nobody has spoke up against him, I mean noone that can actually get something done.

Answer 9

(United States weapons inspector Charles Duelfer released his extensive report last week, and confirmed that Saddam Hussein had shut down Iraq's chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons programs following the first Iraq war in 1991. His report also showed that Saddam had no stockpiles of WMDs after that year. With that said, it is interesting to look back at how the Democrats, like Bush, lied to the American public, and inflated Saddam's supposed threat to our national security. The mendacity was undoubtedly universal. Here are a few of the choice quotes.)

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." - President Bill Clinton, February 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." - President Bill Clinton, February 17, 1998

"We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction." - Madeline Albright, February 1, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." - Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, February 18, 1998

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." Letter to President Clinton. - (D) Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, others, October 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), December 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies." - Madeline Albright, Clinton's Secretary of State, November 10, 1999

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them." - Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), September 19, 2002

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." - Al Gore, September 23, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." - Al Gore, September 23, 2002

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), September 27, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..." - Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), October 3, 2002

"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), October 9, 2002

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), October 10, 2002

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons." - Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), October 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), December 8, 2002

"Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States." -Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) September 4, 2002

"If we wait for the [Iraq] danger to become clear, it could be too late." -Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del) September 4, 2002

"Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations." -Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) February 5, 2003

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..." - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), January 23. 2003

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Answer 10

Because Congress voted for the war and continues to fund it.  Clinton was an employee of taxpayers.  He used his time and the taxpayers' Oval Office to engage in oral s*x with a federal employee and insert a foreign object into her v****a. Would you want your local school principal to do the same thing?  If you think Bush lied about the war, you need to contact your Congressmena and Senators, like Obama, Kerry, Kennedy, Biden, Frank and Pelosi.  They all voted for it.  Try to get real.

Answer 11

Because most of the Democrats in Congress don't have the balls to do what Kucinich has been doing.

Answer 12

Obviously the legal and politial ramifications are always skewed. To impeach Bush would take so long and so much legal argument with so many other liars involved that this country would go (more) broke in the process. It is easier to prove Clinton got his d**k sucked than we as a nation and a tax payer got it up the *** quite frankly. I am hoping that those who voted for Bush (not once but twice) learned to have better judgement. 9/11 and Iraq are not one and the same and the correlation by Bush has no relevancy. To this very day Osama Binladen is not in custody but those who were shocked and appalled seem to not notice this error. It is a travesty. I sure hope the next President can AT LEAST pronounce the word nuclear and know who the front runner enemy is.....because at this point, as a citizen of the United States, I MYSELF am feeling like an enemy and a target by our own corrupt government.

Answer 13

Hey Pete, I reading the comments from those that are justifying what Bush has done, and I have come to this conclusion. A lot of US citizens are living in an illusion. It's clear to me that the views or information giving is misinterpreted. For anyone that follows the timeline of what was done to instigate the war then go into to war for WMD's never find them. Then justify the murder of 1 million Iraq civilians that have nothing to do with Sadaam's reign and say it's ok. These guys either one are not getting all the information or are choosing to close their ears to truth.

Answer 14

Because Republicans prefer war to love !

Peace and Love !

Answer 15

In a way you are correct, but in a way you are WAY ouy in left feild! The people that caused 9/11 were from afganistan, and not iraq...but they were associated with the taliban, which are based in afganistan and iraq.

    Secondly, the war in iraq started because of wepons of mass distruction. People have forgoten about the real reason we went into iraq. Biological wepons are considered wepons of mass distruction because of the mass casualtys they cause, the fact that protection from the effects of the wepon is not readily available, and death is not always instant and can be long and painfull. Some people claim that Sadam did not have wepons of mass distruction, but he had them and used them on the Kurdish people in his own country! He killed thousands of inocent people using serin gas and mustard gas just because they were not from his own Suni tribe in Iraq.

    If the US had not gone in to take out Sadam, and given him time, he would have continued to develop his wepons and eventually sent mistles to the US containing mustard gas, and serien gas killing thousand of people in the US.

    So lets look at the alternitave. We only go into Afganistan to go after the Taliban, and the Taliban flee to Iraq to train more terrorist. Sadam, who does not like how the US has stopped him from taking over Kuwait, decides that we are his next taget. Sadam provides the Taliban with money, and a place to train. Sadam also continues to develop his wepons of mass distruction, and lets his people continue to live in mud houses, with out running water, electricity most of the time, and living in fear that if they say somthing against Sadam, or some one claims that they did they will get tourchered and killed. It is basicly like the holicotst with Hitler and the Jews.

    Also the president can not send the US into war alone. Congress, and the house of represenitives have to vote to let the US go to war with another country also. As a matter of fact Hillary was part of the congress that voted in favor of the US going to Iraq.

    Bill clinton however was under oath in a court case, and lied under oath. Any normal citizen of the US would have been put in jail for lieing under oath. The compareison of these two events have nothin in common. One was a guy lieing, the other was an action voted on by the leaders of this country and the president based on facts from investigators.

    Here are some other interesting facts. We have many islamic and muslam soldiers in the army seving and for the wars in Iraq and afganistan. Many Iraqi people are helping hte US soldiers find the bad guys in iraq, because they want a safe place to live...and they know why and are ahppy that the US is there helping them. The US has spent more on this war and in helping out Iraqi people than we could ever get back from iraq in oil sales if we were to take there oil.

    

P.S. sorry about the spelling, my spell check isn't working

Answer 16

Bush lied about 900 something times to the american people.

Yes, i'm serious.

Answer 17

Because the neo-cons in office in 1997 decided the only way to tarnish a president with a 92% approval rating was to attack him for doing something that in no way was a violation of the law or his oath of office.  They drug him in front of the Senate Hearing Commission when he never committed a crime!

And yet, the republicans deny that they're the party who wants to destroy the Bill of Rights....

Answer 18

Clinton was found not guilty, just to keep things factual.

You bring up a good point one I have thought of too.

I suppose it is because the Republicans felt it their duty to remove from office a Democrat. Hippocrates that they are!

As for bush my guess is that there are too many others involved in the decision to go to war that knew it was phony.

Answer 19

They tried to impeach Clinton, they didn't make it.  I don't think Clinton acted wisely and I don't approve of his choices but I am still upset that they wasted taxpayer money and time in just those circumstances.  Our social morays dictate it is acceptable in our society for married people to lie about cheating and that question should not have been asked.  Didn't they have anything better to do at the time?

As far as Bush, I have hard feelings for him and the way the public was duped.

Maybe the public is as stupid as the government thinks we are.  But way back when JFK got shot and I watch that cover up unfold, I realized just how our government acted in regard to the general public.  Nothing could surprise me more than that.

Answer 20

Because the same people that have Bush in their pocket also have the democrats in their pocket. Plain and simple, it's time to start arresting all of these crooked politicians but the republicans stand behind their crooked people 100%, they are traitors!

Answer 21

There is no parallel.

First, there's the matter of Bush "lies." He may certainly be accused of cherry-picking his intelligence reports, but we're talking here about what was unknowable, so they can't be outright lies.

Second, Clinton lied under oath. Perjury is different from just ordinary lying.

When you grow up, you'll understand the difference, I hope, though it seems many adults also have problems with their critical thinking skills.

Answer 22

Excellent point.  I was watching today a House committee meeting on the possible impeachment of Bush.  They had several important lawyers who were questioned on the law concerning impeachment.  The Democrats are finally trying to put something together to bring impeachment charges against Bush for various infractions of the law. Will it happen? Probably not. Time is too limited.