Title: Bill Clinton tells Republicans that he's not stepping down as President despite being impeached - New York Daily News
Headings: Bill Clinton tells Republicans that he's not stepping down as President despite being impeached
Bill Clinton tells Republicans that he's not stepping down as President despite being impeached
HOUSE VOTES TO IMPEACH PRES. CLINTON OVER LEWINKSY SCANDAL

Content: HOUSE VOTES TO IMPEACH PRES. CLINTON OVER LEWINKSY SCANDAL
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Flanked by about 80 cheering Democrats who earlier in the week backed a censure resolution harshly condemning his personal conduct Clinton took the impeachment high road in one of his three addresses to the nation in a single day. "We must stop the politics of personal destruction . . . the poisonous venom of excessive partisanship, obsessive animosity, and uncontrolled anger," he implored. " That is not what America deserves. That is not what America is about." He left the political work to Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), who said Republicans had "violated the spirit of our democracy." The New York Daily News published this on December 20, 1998. ( New York Daily News)
"The President has demonstrated this effectiveness as a national and world leader in the face of intense and unprecedented negative attacks by his opponents," Gephardt said. "