Finally happened donald trump has been impeached by the house of representatives in complete opposition to what the founders had in vision the articles voted on were along party lines it is highly unlikely the senate will vote to remove the president from office so what is the point of this entire exercise. Cross talking trumps impeachment im joined by my guest david good or ski in tampa he is a cultural critic and host of the radio show a Neighbors Choice in washington we cross a Richard Goodstein he is a democratic strategist and former Campaign Adviser to bill and Hillary Clinton right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate david i this i asked a very simple question at the end of my introduction it seems very unlikely that the republican and republican control. Old senate is going to vote on these articles of impeachment that is if nancy eventually gives it to them which we can actually talk about that right now as we
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The senate. Fall of 1998, the house of representatives taking up articles of impeachment against William Jefferson clinton. Well see some highlights but joining us in the studios is alexis simendinger. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of clinton . One of the interesting things we might forget all this time, forward, is that bill clinton was under investigation or almost his entire presidency. And ken starr became the counsel. Nt ken starr had begun to investigate the whitewater 1994. Ment deal back in so by the time were in the fall clinton and ident his entire house were very used to being under investigation for a whole variety of allegations relating to his past in arkansas. And even his Fundraising Efforts when he was president. Fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term but into the midterm what ken starr as the independent counsel had of vered was a whole series alleged relationships that the president had had in the past, investig
Headline, for the president of risky gamble to deter iran. He says the calculus was straightforward, washington had to show the iranian leadership that missiles firing ships in the persian gulf and at Oil Facilities in saudi arabia along with attacks inside iran the cost the life of American Contractor would not go without response. While Senior America officials have no doubt the iranians will respond, they do not know how quickly or how furiously. Guest there has been a feeling in the white house, the president s decisions not to pull the trigger in the past over the last year, had given the wrong impression, that they could get away with a lot of things about the president responding as the president has promised not to engage us in endless wars in the middle east. The argument in the white house was lets not give them the wrong message. This is a way of giving them reestablishing deterrence. Had, theer he president authorized airstrikes against iran in response to one of the provoc
Cross talking trumps impeachment im joined by my guest david. He is a cultural critic and host of the radio show a Neighbors Choice in washington we cross to Richard Goodstein he is a democratic strategist and former Campaign Adviser to bill and Hillary Clinton right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate david i just i asked a very simple question at the end of my introduction it seems very unlikely that the republican and Republican Controlled Senate is going to vote on these articles of impeachment that is if nancy eventually gives it to them which we can actually talk about that right now as well i mean what is the point of this exercise outside of the exercise itself because its doomed to failure from what we understand about the members of the g. O. P. Caucus in the senate go ahead david. Well i think its christmas time in d. C. Nursing a lot of guilt for their various sins around this country the things theyve done