The President of the united States obstructed justice by encouraging Monica Lewinsky to file a false affidavit in the case of Jones v. Clinton. Then he committed grand jury perjury when he stated that he told Ms. Lewinsky she might be able to avoid testifying in the case by filing an affidavit. He also obstructed justice by allowing his attorney to use this false affidavit in an attempt to cut off a legitimate line of questioning during his deposition. He then lied about this obstruction before the grand jury. The President still denies he broke the law. He knows, however, that as soon as he does admit this then it’s all over for him. Personally I think the President did break the law. But is it worth sacrificing the wellbeing of the nation over this? Do we really want to look our kids in the eye and tell them that the nation’s economy was ruined over the Presidents penis?

How could this impeachment be good for the country? Is it somehow going to make the country stronger for people to see that even the President is not above the law. Every day people see cops fixing tickets, judges fixing tickets, politicians getting the children of their “friends” off the hook when they screwed up and there are hundreds of other ways people in this country avoid the consequences of the law. Americans are used to washing each others backs and looking the other way. Yet now the President can’t get away with exposing himself without being charged with obstruction of justice. It’s down right scary to think the President of the wealthiest country in the world doesn’t have enough pull to get out of this. I submit that O.J. Simpson got away with killing two people and with a mountain of evidence against him.

So if you can’t trust this Democratic President who can you trust? Certainly not the Republicans, they said “Hey Bill just admit wrong doing and all will be forgiven” but that obviously was a lie. Now the war against the two parties has taken on a new ferocity. The next thing you know neither side can trust the other. Take this as a hypothetical senario. Tensions build between the two groups, a Democrat bombs the Republican headquarters, the Republicans retaliate, and hard lines are drawn in our country. Abraham Lincoln said “A House divided against its self cannot stand”.

Why would we want to cripple our nation in front of our enemies? It’s just not safe to show a weakness with the problems in the Middle East. Through his whole Presidency he’s been under some sort of scrutiny. Investigations on Whitewater, Travelgate, and Paula Jones just to name a few. Every time he beats one investigation another will raise it ugly head. One has to ask, “Where does he find time to run the country?” But he does, and it shows. The economy is the strongest it has been in a generation. The federal budget is balanced and unemployment is the lowest it has been in thirty years. We have our highest home ownership rate ever. He’s made tax cuts for working families, expanded college opportunity and raised the standard for our children’s education in many ways. The President put 100,000 new police on the streets, banned 19 of the deadliest assault weapons and developed anti-drug strategies for our youth. In welfare recipients have declined by 37% (The largest decline in history) and a 70% increase in child support collections. That’s just a small percentage of what the President has done for the country. All of this has been accomplished under McCarthy like persecution.

What about the money that’s being used to fund these political inquisitions? Well over a hundred million dollars has been spent to find a juicy enough piece of dirt to run Clinton out of the White House. This is money spent while people in America freeze to death on the streets and families go hungry. There are tons of better uses for this money that to impeach the best President in the twentieth century. Many are saying that an impeachment could cause the country to enter the new millenium in a crushing depression.

Who are these stone throwers? There are people like former House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston who admitted to having broken his wedding vows. This came after porn-king Larry Flynt exposed his affair. And don’t forget Bob Barr who’s ex-wife has come forward to say that Barr paid for an abortion she had in 1983 and never objected to it. In 1986 Barr testified that he did object to the abortion. Barr has also chosen to remain silent when questioned about an affair with his current wife while married to his former wife. This is the kind of moral character that will sit in judgement of our President. Men who feel justified at pointing a finger at the President when they themselves are have committed wrongdoing.

The way I view it the nation’s best interest is the last thing being considered in this three-ring circus called Congress. Why would these men point a loaded gun at the foot of the nation and pull the trigger? What purpose is behind there actions? What kind of country do you want to live in?