[mburbank]

Clinton was impeached by the House for Perjury. Not for anything he said on TV, you aren't under oath on TV. He denied extra marital sex while testifying under oath before a grandjury on th subject of Whitewater, which was about real estate dealings he'd been involved in while he was governor.

While the question has nothing to do with real estate, it is against the law, perjury to knowingly lie to a grand Jury. Wether or not one thinks the question was fair, perjury is a crime, and the President of the united states is no more allowed to commit crimes than anyone else.

The Senate chose not to punish him from the cimre of perjury for which he'd been convicted.

Nixon was never impeached. He resigned when it became clear the House would impeach him. It was very likely the Senate would have removed him from office, but his crimes were a little more severe than perjury.

It is my opinion that W (and Cheney) are guilty of several crimes more significant than Nixons, and that there is ample evidence in the public domain. Unfortunately, impeachment is way more about the collective balls fo the House of Representatives than it is about the law.