• PhlubbaDubba
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    7 months ago

    I’m pretty sure the stuff the Rs were actually going after Clinton over didn’t happen in office either, Lewinsky just presented a big target they could attach it all to.

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      7 months ago

      Well yes and no. Special console ken starr was appointed over possible tax evasion. He found out about Monica. Then Clinton got in trouble over that AND lying about it. Bill narrowly avoided purjery charges.

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        7 months ago

        Bill narrowly avoided purjery charges.

        This is why he asked questions like what the definition of “is” is. He wanted to be absolutely certain what he could get away with without committing perjury.

        He did not have sexual relations with that woman because he had them define what they meant by sexual relations, and they said intercourse. So a blowjob literally didn’t count. He asked for the definition of is because whether that just meant currently or at any time in the past was central to his answer.