Clinton Impeached for Felitio?

One of the most persistant straw men erected by liberals is the claim that Clinton got impeached for getting a blow job in the white house. This is incorrect, both factually and practically. Factually, Clinton got impeached for lying under oath. Practically, he got impeached for successfully passing legislation that retracted the rights of people accused of sex crimes. Prior to the legislation, criminal sexual alligations received the same considerations as other crimes, in both criminal and civil proceedings.

Most famously, attorneys could not use personal histories to establish "patterns", such an accused thief having witnesses stating that the accused had also stolen from them in other instances, or that the accuser had previously falsley accused people of stealing. In other words, an accusation of theft could be assertained only on the facts pertaining exactly to the instance under question.

Thanks to Clinton's legislation, people accused of sex crimes lost these rights, meaning that Jeniffer Flowers could sue Clinton for having previously assaulted her sexually, and include in civil court the claims of other women, for the jury to consider a "pattern of conduct", and that Clinton in his defense could not probe into the voracity of Jennifer Flowers. Liberals generally defend the rights of accused people, especially murderers and theives. But in the case of sex crimes, they insist that Mike Tyson go to prison based entirely on the claims of his accuser and others testifying to previous behavior. Thus I am glad that Clinton got "hoisted by his own petard". His impeachment had nothing to do with acts of filitio, and evertyhing to do with eroding the rights of accused persons.