Originally posted by Trash Can:
[Dubya or Clinton? Who "deserves"] the most compassion, understanding, and forgiveness for what he is, or rather, for what he does, believes, and says????
Of course, neither is more deserving of forgiveness than the other, all things being equal.
Is one EVIL, and the other "misunderstood"?
Hmmm, well the Republican President is sometimes characterized by Democrats as "evil," so I'll assume the word "evil" in your query refers to Bush and the word "misunderstood" refers to the way Clinton is sometimes characterized, usually by Democrats.
I'm not excited about Bush as a President, but I'll admit it's probably not fair to call him "evil," even though I don't protest too much when people call him that.
Clinton? I don't have any complaints about the man.
Does "intellect" matter more than "morality"? Or vice versa?
Okay, again reading between the lines, I'll assume we're talking about the characterization of Bush as dumb and of Clinton as immoral.
I'm not a Bush supporter but I think most of the "Bush is an idiot" stuff is empty, if not mean-spirited rhetoric. Hey, we humans like to beat up our enemies, don't we?
As far as the morality question and it's relevance to Clinton, if during his presidency it was revealed that he formerly was a bank robber, then I would have had serious questions about his character.
In actuality, it was revealed that, while in office, he received oral sex from an intern.
In my opinion Clinton's fling with Monica had
nothing to do with his performance as President. It was embarrassing for him, yes, but inconsequential as far as National Security was concerned.
We ain't gonna lose a war because Clinton's gettin' a hummer.
The beating that Clinton took in the press was merely the Republicans taking their turn at calling the "other side's" President "evil." Currently with Bush, the Democrats are taking their turn. It's all quite absurd.
Is a liar truley a liar ONLY IF his lies are discovered?
If I'm understanding the reference here, this presumes that Clinton's sexual escapades with Monica had something to do with his running of the country.
Is being a slave to sexual "fixes" worse than being a slave to "big money"?
No.
Are one or both slaves to both??
I couldn't say.
Does Clinton's sins make Dubya's sins permisable? And vice versa.
No.
It's hard to say. I don't know.
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