On Impeachment...11 December 1998 

subject in which i said on 15 september that clinton should resign and 

november 11 that the scandal would go away. amazing how it has been 

revived mainly by political hacks on a house committee who won't let it 

die even after the republican leader gingrich got tossed. it is likely 

that the committee of the house of representatives will vote at least 

one article of impeachment to the floor of the house. debate to begin 

next thursday. it's considered a 50/50 shot that the house will vote to 

impeach. i think they won't and even if they do it won't pass the 

senate. but the committee vote (which will be political and partisan) 

might have a way of creating a momentum that will take on a life of its 

own. it may also be true that some democrats want to push clinton out, 

get gore in and build him up so he can better beat bush in 2 years. i 

don't think clinton will go away easily. 
 

My position on this: since the independent counsel specifically said 

before congress this month that in all areas of his investigation as to 

substance (ie: whitewater, fbi filegate, travelgate) he couldn't find 

anything to charge clinton with, i think it's ridiculous that the only 

thing left to pursue for impeachment is perjury for adultery. that's the 

kind of thing you lie about. it's been said that good southern gentlemen 

do not admit to such indiscretions. such a trial will cause our stock 

market to fall, waste even more time and money (so far i estimate that 

about $400 of my taxes have been spent on this 4 year $50 million 

project) and divert the nation's attention. regardless of what i think 

of the man (which is not too much), he has been a decent president, the 

public likes him and has voted for him twice, he will be out in 2 years 

and we should just move on. yes, i have been influenced by the 65-70% 

approval ratings he continues to receive and the reactions i am getting 

abroad to this scandal (ie: apathy or disbelief that americans are 

carrying on like this over nothing). and yes, while i wouldn't mind it 

if he resigned, i don't think this is worth impeachment. it is poor 

precedent after 200 years of plenty of presidents who cheated on their 

wives and it will be bad for the country and future presidents who will 

be victims of politics and witch-hunting. it is bad enough for this man 

that he is only 50 years old and will be shamed for the rest of his life 

and probably indicted after he leaves office anyway (which of course 

gives him no incentive to resign).