This is something I wouldn't normally bring up,
but I am confused and angry about this whole ordeal. First of all,
I vote republican most of the time, so don't think my views are because
of my political biases. They aren't.
Of course I believe affairs are wrong for anyone.
I believe that if our military men are being court marshaled for having
affairs, then the head of the United States and the military should have
to abide by the same rules. I also believe that although an apology
was needed, and I am proud of Clinton for giving it publicly, that still
doesn't take away the necessity for consequences. But I also believe
that it isn't just Clinton having an affair that is wrong. I think
it goes much deeper than that.
I AM DISGUSTED with our country's sensationalism.
Before the facts were all out, the media and public at large were taking
polls and making decisions based on one-sided information and rumors.
People were speculating, and still are, on what Hillary will do, what really
happened, etc. There was no "innocent until PROVEN guilty" for Clinton.
He was tried and crucified in the media. And I am disgusted and concerned
that the media and the public would want to hear all the gory details of
the affair. I am shocked and upset by the release of documents on
the net...x-rated at that, or so I've heard. Do our kids really need
to have access to these answering machine messages. None of
this had anything to do with Paula Jones case as far as I'm concerned.
But more than all this, I am concerned and upset
that the courts are releasing the video of the statement Clinton made.
He made this with the belief it was confidential. He was lied to.
He was misled. He was betrayed by our system. This isn't right.
He's already been dragged through the dirt, why do we have to do more.
It sounds like the kettle calling the pot black to me. Clinton is
under threat of impeachment because he lied. So now the judicial
system has also lied. Where does it end? For what purpose are
they releasing the tape? We aren't the jury, judge, nor congress.
We have no right to know intimate details. We have no right to know
what in the past we wouldn't have been allowed to know.
It seems to me that were it anyone else...say
President Kennedy, the tape would not have been made public. In fact
he would not have been made such a spectacle of. I think this whole
affair (pun intended) is a disgrace and an embarrassment for our country.
I will not watch the tape simply because I believe it is wrong to make
it public. I hope others will make the same decision, but already
sales were skyrocketing before it even hit the market.
About his apology: I have to applaud him
for apologizing to the people, his family, and to Monica. We've heard
of so many pastors who have had affairs and been caught, yet which of them
has apologized to the people they hurt. And which of them went
to the person they had the affair with and apologized? I think before
we judge Clinton too harshly, we better look at our leaders in the church,
as well as ourselves, who should have even higher standards and see
how we measure up in the area of admitting our wrongs and righting
them. I want our leaders to be men and women we can be proud of.
I would like them to be above reproach. But we live in the real world
where people have problems and sin issues. Even David, the king after
God's own heart had an affair...with a married woman, too. And he
didn't stop with the affair. He had the husband killed. He
covered up his sin big time. He also paid dearly for it.
My remedy: Censure him...I say this because
lesser men than he have been censured by congress for sexual misconduct
and Clinton not only did that, but also perjured himself. This way
our country can get this over with and move on to other important issues
and can do it without sending the message that this kind of behavior is
fitting for a leader in our country.
by Annie Nelson
Copyright: All Rights Reserved:
1997: Annie Nelson

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I have to admit that I am a Republican and I hate Clinton.
Hate is a strong word,...maybe not hate, but I dislike him very much.
I don't think the media gave too much coverage to the Clinton Affair. I think they gave too much of the WRONG coverage. I think the news media is liberal, sensationalist, and opportunist. Instead of giving us so much of the steamy details, they should have been reporting on the REAL problem. If they had reported in a more responsible manner perhaps more Americans would have taken this thing more seriously and withdrawn their support of that, and I use the term loosely, "President".
The real problem, in the context of holding office, was not Clinton's adultry, although I personally do not want a President that would soil that office in that manner. The real problem was what he did after it was discovered. The liberal news media would not even consider this could be the primary concern of conservatives. It had to be a moral issue for them. Why? Because it was the only way to defuse and confuse the issue of his real political crime. Coverup, coersion, bribery, blackmail, and lying!!
He broke the law when he lied and when he tried to coverup his sin. Laws that he took an oath to defend. He abused the power of his office for his own personal motives by blackmailing many Congressmen that eventually resigned their positions. He slandered Kenneth Starr, withheld evidence and lied to the American people on Nation television. He should have been impeached, not for adultry, but for abuse of power and the disgrace of the office of the Presidency.
You say that the media coverage outraged you. Then why did you
bring up the subject at all you why don't you just forget about it all
by you bring it up you only add to the problem Chris
Guile

Hi Annie, I agree with you about the constant
coverage of the Clinton scandals. It got to the point of not wanting to
even hear the news or any other program. I do want to know why Clinton
is still welcomed with opened arms, and Monica is the unforgiven. Yes,
we have all sinned, and we would never want our sins to be tried in public
the way Bill's were, However, when a country lets a man off for adultery
and lying, and Lords knows what all, just for the fact that he has put
more money in our pockets, (I have personally not seen any), I think that
is the true crime. When Monica becomes the only evil particpant, and Bill
becomes this country's savior, I get really nervous. It took the president
several tries to apologize, and only when his staff insisted that he give
it a more believable try, only then did he come out with something acceptable.
Is it my place to damn the president? No! Is it my place to not support
him. Yes. If the Pastor in my church kept lying, but apologized every time
he got caught, I would not want to stay and support his position, but what
if my family and friends stayed. What if they stayed because the Pastor
had made their church a wealthy church? A man with that kind of power,
leading Christians down the same path as his. NO. I would want him defrocked,
and then be able to move on. He should be able to stay in the church as
a member, but not as a leader. And that is all I mean about Clinton. When
I see him on T.V. explaining why we are in Kosovo, I don't believe a word
he is saying. I can barely stand to look at the man. Not because he has
sinned, but because he doesn't think he has done anything wrong, Or that
he knows he'll be forgiven for anything else he may want to do. He is a
man of power, and now the sky is the limit.
I agree with you about prayer in school. I would
not want my children praying to a mass of gods. However, my daughter is
not allowed to even carry her bible on the school bus. There is no rule
about wearing Marilyn Manson satanic clothes or listening to his music
over the bus radio. Bill Clinton will not move to take porn off of the
Internet due to freedom of speech. I believe in my heart that he won't
so he can have easy access to his addiction. Mr. Clinton has enabled this
country to live immoral lives. He has pushed for partial birth abortions.
Pushed to keep porno on the Internet. Pushed to allow gays and lesbians
to teach our children. And the list goes on. This man who accepted the
slurs against christians by the media, has now had a taste of his own medicine.
But now everyone is crying, "unfair". Why? When we had Christian presidents
in the white house, did the media ever once mock christians? Would any
of them dare to try and remove a nativity scene from the town square? Was
freedom of prayer, ANYWHERE, ever denied? No. This country was lead by
morals. There was a common wealth of standards for everyone. Leaders are
to do just that, Lead. But now, where are we being lead? For those who
say the Presidents job is not to teach morals, they are wrong. When my
children leave our driveway, or the church parking lot, what are they facing?
Rapists, thieves, liars, gays, gangs, drugs, murderers. I don't blame Clinton
for all of it, I just know that I blame him for supporting it, and showing
this country that morals are a thing of the past. I believe we are "throwing
pearls to the swine" by not insisting that our leaders hold to the promises
they make. To do good for this country, and to leave it a little better
than when they came. When the Lord said we shouldn't judge, He did not
mean we shouldn't use our judgment. So for me, the man that now holds the
office of the President of the United States, holds it against my better
judgment.
For all the children, and grown ups who don't
have Christian homes, or don't know about God period, I pray for them the
hardest. That their definition of "free will" means, If I want to do it,
I will! Taught by Bill Clinton. That "sorry, sorry, sorry, means, oops,
I got caught. The Lord says there will come a time when we will cry, "Lord,
Lord," and he will no longer be listening.
Thanks again Annie for the space to air my opinions.
I love your website. I was so happy to run across it. I was so tired of
looking up simple subjects only to be thrown into porn. God bless you in
all things. Murphy

You are right! I boycotted the tapes and all mention
of them that day they were released. I think it was criminal! To say the
least, a violation of his civil rights, (isn't grand jury testimony supposed
to be secret?) and morally wrong to hold our President up to the
ridicule of the entire world on TV. I sent a letter to everyone I could
find an address for in Washington to that effect. Does no good. They are
on a witch hunt!
I don't condone what he has done, but this has
gotten way out of line. I am neither a Democrat or Republican, I
have always voted a split ticket most of the time, but it may be a long
haul before I vote for another Republican. Democrats not much better, if
it was the other way around, they would be just as bad, just happen to
be right this time. It is the Party they serve, not the people, it has
never been more obvious. Sad huh? Bobbie

Was looking over your site, which is very nice
and run across your views on Clinton affair and prayer in school.
I am very pleased you have the common sense to see what the Republican
hypocrites and the Religious Right people are up to.
The people of America had better wake up. Remember
the Salem Witch Burning. We have the laws of separation of Church
and State because of the many views of religion. Our forefathers wanted
all people to have freedom, which they did not have where they came from.
These people are spitting on the Millions of men
who fought and died for the freedom of this great nation.
The Republicans and Religious Right are also committing
an act of Treason by trying to bring down the President of the United States.
Whether you like it or not, Clinton is the man the people of America selected
to be our President. After 6 years and 40 million dollars of trying to
hang him and finding nothing, something is bad wrong when they keep going
on and on. Uncle Vern
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Thanks for your response...I would like to add that the Salem Witch
Burning memories works both ways. As a Christian, I see the other
side of it. While everyone else is demanding their rights, ours are
being taken away little by little. And the media seems only too happy
to print any news to show us in a bad light...such as when an abortion
doctor is murdered, it is all too quickly assumed it is some Christian
(a true Christian would never do such a thing), instead of being open until
the facts are out. It could have been some father upset that the
doctor took his own child without his consent, or some parent whose child
had an abortion or could have even died after an abortion, or just some
crazy person out to make a name.
It'll hit the papers when a hate crime is committed against some group
such as the gay community and the assumption is that it's because of
religious beliefs (but I'd like to point out that I know many non Christians
who feel anger and hatred toward gays and that certainly does not depict
my feelings). Yet when things happen like a church being burned down by
a militant group of gays, it doesn't get publicized. It seems the
message we get is that we are to accept everything anyone wants to do as
okay, but we are not to have our beliefs that differ from the more outspoken.
I see the same patterns happening here that happened with the Jews before
the holocaust, and that scares me. annie
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