Clinton Impeachment: Should Treason Have Been the Reason?
In a previous issue, we looked at the first impeachment of a U.S. president, with our article on Andrew Johnson. In this article, we look at the second impeachment, that of William Jefferson Clinton — the first elected president to undergo impeachment.
In one of the most memorable lines from George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984, it is said that those who control the present control the past, and those who control the past control the future. The American Left well understands the truth of the tactic of influencing what the public thinks about the past, for it is a useful tool to winning political and cultural battles in the present.
A prime example of the truth of Orwell’s proposition is the way the average American misunderstands what the Bill Clinton impeachment was all about. Were we to ask the average person to state why Clinton was impeached, there is little doubt that the number one response would be that he was impeached because he had an adulterous affair with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, who was less than half his age. The somewhat more informed would suggest that Clinton’s impeachment was a result of his “lying about sex.”
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