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(46,337 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 02:44 PM Feb 2013

Guess who was all up in arms about Bill Clinton's sex life, about 15 years ago?

None other than now-former Senator Pete Domenici.

"I have concluded that President Clinton's actions do, indeed, rise to the level of impeachable offenses that the Founding Fathers envisioned."

"How can anyone, after conceding that the President lied under oath and obstructed justice, listen to this quotation and not conclude that this President has committed acts which are clearly serious, which corrupt or subvert the political and government process, and which are plainly wrong to any honorable person or to a good citizen?"

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-moral-judgement-of-politicians.html

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Guess who was all up in arms about Bill Clinton's sex life, about 15 years ago? (Original Post) Archae Feb 2013 OP
I have a sneaking suspiscion that Ole Petey decided to retire suddenly SoCalDem Feb 2013 #1
Domenici makes me ill. avaistheone1 Feb 2013 #2
I expected the answer to be Hillary. 1-Old-Man Feb 2013 #3

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
1. I have a sneaking suspiscion that Ole Petey decided to retire suddenly
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 02:48 PM
Feb 2013

after he found out about that love child...or if he already knew, maybe someone else was about to tell all if he stayed in office..

hypocrites..all of them

 

avaistheone1

(14,626 posts)
2. Domenici makes me ill.
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 02:49 PM
Feb 2013

Pete Domenici goes on...

n this day and age of public yearning for heroes, we criticize basketball, football and baseball players, and actors and singers who commit crimes or otherwise fail to be "good role models." One of those celebrities said a few years ago that he was only a basketball player, not a role model. He said in essence: "Want a role model, look to the President."

Do not underestimate, my friends, the corrupting and cynical signal we will send if we fail to enforce the highest standards of conduct on the most powerful man in the nation.
[...]
The President has committed high crimes and misde meanors, in violation of his oath of office. He lied under oath. He obstructed justice. His behavior was unworthy of the Presidency of the United States.



What a hypocrite Domenici is!!


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