Detailed analysis of how Clinton never committed perjury.

[pnwmom]

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-clintonperjury.html

Many believe that Clinton committed perjury – that is, he lied under oath – during the Paula Jones deposition (January 17, 1998) and the Grand Jury (August 17, 1998). However, the term "perjury" has been thrown around so loosely that it is important to go over its definition.

Perjury occurs when a person takes an oath to tell the truth and then says something he knows to be false. The mere existence of error in someone’s testimony is not enough to prove perjury. The government must prove that the person intended to lie, rather than he was simply mistaken or confused over the facts. The law requires either another witness or some other evidence that supports the accusation of lying under oath. Furthermore, not all lying under oath is perjury. The lie must be material – that is, important or relevant to the case. A murder suspect who falsely testifies that he ate cereal in jail that morning cannot be prosecuted for perjury over that irrelevant lie.

[Possumpoint]

1. Somehow

this post reminds me of the very old cartoon where a bald man with only one hair left goes for a haircut. Watching that barber split hairs was a work of art.

[BoneDaddy]

7. Exactly

So sad.

[whistle]

2. Bill Clinton just never went there he fessed up and took the bumps

...now, the BushCo gang is a different story, you watch how they split hairs over every lie. It is all coming over the following months and it has already begun!

[agincourt]

3. Perjury should pertain to an actual offense too,

Not questions that don't pertain to any illegal wrongdoing like peeping-tom liar Kenneth Starr's shit was.

[pnwmom]

5. That's actually one of the points of the article.

That, in order to be perjury, the statement made has to be directly related to the matter at hand.

[AtomicKitten]

4. He should have told them to shove it.

His personal life was a red herring for the purposes of dragging his ass through the mud. Junior could have taught him a thing or two about refusing to answer questions and changing the subject.

[pnwmom]

6. You're absolutely right about that.