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a Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1998 4 Clinton's alleged love affair... Clinton's personal life should Question #1: Do you think it should matter whether or not not affect his presidency President Clinton had an affair with Monica Lewinsky? LAURA ARMSTRONG Staff Writer Question #2: Does a President’s morality affect his ability to lead a nation? What is going on down Bill Clinton’s pants is none of my business. If he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky it’s none of my business either. In fact, I’d rather not know. I recognize that there is a problem with the way that Clinton has handled the allegations of adultery or sexual misconduct. The important question is: if the allegations are true, did in fact Clinton lie to cover up his affair? I don’t think that by any means the President of the United States should be impeached because he participated in a sexual act with someone other than Hillary Clinton. Clinton’s choices to mess around with someone shrink his credibil ity, but they do not warrant his impeach ment. Many Americans are or have been participants in adultery. Don’t get Bill Clinton me wrong; I’m not advocating adultery, but affairs are common. Before we kick is just Clinton out of office, we should look at proving ourselves and the affairs Americans are in himself to volved in. Bill Clinton is just proving him be human. self to be human. I’ve made mistakes in my life, as I know everybody else has. A natural way that people cover up their mis Laura take is to lie about it as if it never hap Armstrong pened. I think that those who lie need to Staff Writer be accountable for what really happened. When it all comes down to it, you have to ask yourself if you are being true to your word. So, let’s speculate that Clinton had more than one affair. Oh no. I don’t think that our nation will come crashing down because Clinton was not faithful to his wife. What I think will happen is that he will lose a lot of credibility and trust from the people who elected him President. This makes me sad to know because it will be hard for him to make up this loss to the nation. With a camera in his face and the media crashing down on him, he has little chance to redeem himself. An affair alone is not enough to boot the President out of Office. An attempt to cover up the truth, however, is enough to make me want to see him impeached. When Clinton crosses the line of honesty and betrays his country with dishonesty I would be for impeaching him. Up until now, however, allegations of an affair do not turn me away from believing Clinton still has the ability to be our President. I believe that he is capable of doing his job prop erly and that he has the skills to make national decisions. I still see Bill Clinton as the family-loving, honest man the majority of us Americans put in office. Clinton says he didn’t do it and is thereby standing alone on his words. In the end when there is nothing left, all you have is your word. I will stand by the President and believe that he is speaking the truth. The Clackamas Print Staff 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 1. “I don’t think it should really mat ter. I just think they 're trying to dredge up stuff on him like they do with every President. If he did I guess it would be a big deal, but if he didn’t, I guess they should just leave it at that. ” 2. “To a point...if it’s true to fact, yes...but if it’s somebody dredging something up, then no. ” Robert Hollister student ◄ 1. “No. I don’t think it matters. I think 1. “I don’t think so much the affair, just - it’s unimportant. ” the part about him lying or him hav ing her lie for him. He’s the President 2. “I think the morals of one person, as long as they’re not pushing their and he shouldn’t be. lying. ” morals onto another person, has no ef 2. "Probably a little bit, just because fect on whether they’re a good leader he’s in charge of everybody and he or not. ” makes all the big decisions, so I would think his background and his morality should count a little bit. ” Gregg Matteucci Student Access Senator A Tiffany Smidt student ◄ 1. “I don’t think it really does. He’s there to do a job and get it done; this can’t hinder him, but I think the main purpose in him being President is to run the United States. ” Information gathered by Laura Armstrong Photos by Timothy Bell 2. “Yes it can. There are those type of people who take that side, the moral ity side, and there are those types that just don’t really care. So it’s kind of halfway down the line, so yes, I think it (morality) does matter. ” Dan Esquivel student ► deg WORTH MORE THAN YOU MAY THINK. (503) 657-6958 ext. 2309 cccprint@clackamas.cc.or.us Co-Editors-in-Chief: (ext. 2576) Feature Editor: Sports Editor: Christina Mueller Brad Zimmerman Joel P. Shempert John Thorbum Business Manger: Mairin-Anne Moore (ext. 2578) Copy Editor: Photo Editor: Co-A&E-Editors: Mike Garcia Timothy Bell Cartoonist: Advisor: Secretary: Jared Bezzant Alex Mahan Mark Hoffman Linda Vogt JoAnne Gale Staff Writers and Production: Laura Armstrong, Jared Bezzant, Kristina Brooks, Adam Crum, Eric Eatherton, Kim Harney, Alex Mahan, Toni McMichael, Jeremy Stallwood, and Robert Schoenberg. The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased, professional manner. The opinions expressed in The Clackamas Print do not necessarily reflect those of the student body, college administra tion, its faculty or The Clackamas Print advertisers. Products and services advertised in The Clackamas Print are not necessarily endorsed by anyone associated with The Clackamas Print. The advertising rale is $2.50 per column inch. All signed letters to the editor will be considered for publication and must be submitted by lp;m. the Friday prior to publication. 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