DBWI:Bill Clinton Had A Sex Scandal While He Was President?

But Clinton's not an idiot, if he was caught, he'd tell the truth and fess up to it... and not... you know... lie or anything. I mean, what else would he do?? It'd not make sense to lie about it. That shit can get you in trouble under the right circumstances.

I doubt Hillary would forgive him, though I too doubt she'd divorce him, if only for political reasons.
 
Divorce? Nope, Hillary wouldn't survive that politically.
Impeachment? True, bible readers would love it, but hey, Jackson and Nixon had far more serious issues than what you suppose! Did you ever think about the image of the US in the world if some Republican backbenchers came up with impeaching the president just for screwing his secretary? I mean, come on, you can't be serious!
 
Not a chance of impeachment. None. The Republicans wouldn't try it unless they were ready to risk it all on some damned low odds, and Gingrich was always smarter than that. However, he would be forced to resign over the public perception of it, I believe.
 
You're totally missing the political hay that the Republican majority would make from this. Fox News would push it for all its worth, and would probably show increased ratings driven by a scandal-obsessed public. There would be numerous calls to resign from all quarters. I don't see how his presidency would survive.

Americans are simultaneously the most sex-obsessed and the most puritanical people in the Western world.
Was Fox News even significant during Clinton's Presidency? As I recall they didn't really show up as a major force until Gore's term in office.

The Republicans would certainly use any scandal for what they could get out of it, but I imagine they wouldn't go too far or else the Democrats might point that Clinton is not the only high-ranking politician with a mistress. The Republicans are not going to push things to the point where their dirty laundry starts coming out too.
 
Fox was significant enough to assist Gingrich in getting his majority. Don't count them out when it comes to political pressure. Murdoch and Ailes would be all over this like flies on manure.
 

Anaxagoras

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How could Clinton be impeached for having an affair? The Constitution says that a President can only be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors". Infidelity might be morally disgusting, but it's not illegal.
 
Fox was significant enough to assist Gingrich in getting his majority.
Not sure how Fox News helped Gingrich get a majority in 1994 when it didn't even exist until 1996.

As I said, I doubt the Republicans would do too much scandalmongering because of their own vulnerability to the tu quoque defense; if they gave Clinton a hard time over having an affair I would expect it would only be a matter of time before the Democrats started publicizing the various affairs and scandals surrounding prominent Republicans.
 
Dude, I know he was basically the worst president we ever had. He had somehow bad grasp at politics, economics, foreign relations, and what have you. And yet he was made president. His presidency created an embarrassment to all Americans. He had the worst reputation of American presidents, even more than Richard Nixon. But to smear his name by suggesting such actions? Have some decency will you?
 
How could Clinton be impeached for having an affair? The Constitution says that a President can only be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors". Infidelity might be morally disgusting, but it's not illegal.

I suppose he could attempt to cover up the affair and subsequently lie under oath, however I find that unlikely.
 

Spengler

Banned
As so many others have said why would the republicans try taking Clinton down for having sex with his secretary when a good number of them have skeletons in the closet it would just go to bite them in the ass.
 
Dude, I know he was basically the worst president we ever had. He had somehow bad grasp at politics, economics, foreign relations, and what have you. And yet he was made president. His presidency created an embarrassment to all Americans. He had the worst reputation of American presidents, even more than Richard Nixon. But to smear his name by suggesting such actions? Have some decency will you?

Says the Santorum supporter...:rolleyes:
 
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