Polls today say that people care neither about Clinton's reprehensible behavior nor the Senate trial proceedings. "It's only sex," people say. "Everybody has extramarital affairs. That's not an impeachable offense."
Everybody has extramarital affairs? Really? I beg to differ. Why don't we rephrase that statement? "Everybody who's immoral has extramarital affairs."
Of course, occasionally, we'll hear about a "Jimmy Swaggart situation," where a moral, upstanding person will fall to the temptations of lust. However, we all know what happened to Jimmy Swaggart. He was booted out of the Praise The Lord (PTL) organization.
Furthermore, he confessed to God and the world on national television that he had sinned and that he was in error. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, has not confessed to God and the world that he messed up. In fact, he stood behind the lectern, waved his finger at the nation, and said, "I did NOT have sexual relations with that woman — Miss Lewinsky." This we all have come to discover to be a lie.
We can't hide from God. Jimmy Swaggart knew this to be true. This is why he "came clean" and confessed his sin, as bad as he knew the consequences were to be. Bill Clinton is obviously unaware of this, and that is why he's in the situation that he's in. He sinned, and then he continually lied and lied until everything he said became a tortuous web of deceit.
Finally, his lies caught up with him. This sort of thing always happens when we try to lie our way out of something.
Getting back to the original point, you say, "It's just sex. It's just an extramarital affair, and that shouldn't merit impeachment, let alone removal from office."
Well, wait a second, here. Personally, I wonder about the people of the United States.
What kind of president is the people of the nation looking for? Polls shout, "Forgive and forget." Hmmm. Why? Is Clinton our hero? Are we having extramarital affairs or living lives of lust and hedonism? If so, we may be secretly lauding the president's behavior.
Perhaps, we may be hoping he gets off scot-free with his actions. Then we'll be able to say, "Hey, the President of the United States can perform this type of lewd behavior without consequence, by George, I should be able to, too!"
This is nothing but utter immorality.
Quite frankly, if we don't deem this behavior to be impeachable, then let's ask all the ladies out there one question: What do you think about husbands cheating on their wives? "Well," you say, "that's a personal thing that doesn't affect anyone else."
Is it really, though? Let's get real, gang, this sort of behavior affects America. How? I'll show you.
Studies show that a large majority of the crimes in this country are committed by people who come from broken homes.
Broken homes are typically the product of divorce and are generally run by a single parent. What is the leading cause of divorce? Marital unfaithfulness, which is characterized by extramarital affairs.
Are you beginning to see how Clinton's behavior affects this country.
By doing what he did and not admitting his sin and guilt, he's basically encouraging this behavior. That, my friends, undermines the honorable institution of marriage in this nation. It also undermines morality.
If this nation is looking for a president who will lead it into a quagmire of smut, slime, hedonism and self-serving debauchery, then perhaps we needn't oust Clinton.
However, I've always been under the assumption that the people of this nation would want an honorable person with character to lead this nation in a forward direction, not an immoral direction.
Character, to me, is defined as how one acts when no one is looking. Clinton has no character, as shown by his lies and lewd behavior.
If we don't think that he should resign from office or be ousted, perhaps we don't have any character either. Maybe Clinton is our kind of president.