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Bob Inglis: this is the last time I will be able to speak to the House of Representatives. I rise in support of the articles of…

On the recordDecember 18, 1998
this is the last time I will be able to speak to the House of Representatives. I rise in support of the articles of impeachment because here tonight we have to answer three questions: First, are we a people of convenience or of conviction? Second, are we a constitutional Republic or a democracy? Third, are we a Nation based on truth or a Nation based on moral relativisim? The first of those questions, a people of convenience or a people of conviction. I have heard a lot of discussion about how the stock market may do this or that. We have heard refuting evidence that actually NASDAQ went up. We have heard about the disruption this may cause. So the question is, has our instant gratification come to the place where we need a microwave solution rather than a lasting solution based on principle and sound understanding of the Constitution? The second question that really has been fascinating to hear here today is whether we are a democracy or a constitutional Republic. I must say that some of our friends on the Democratic side of the aisle have misunderstood the name of their party with the basis of our government. We are not a democracy. This is a constitutional Republic.
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Bob Inglis
South Carolina

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Addressing the articles of impeachment and the nature of American government.

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