As we head into the final stretch of the Recall election let's remember the titular head of the Democrat party and the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee at their finest shall we?
These are the people lecturing us about morality? A man who turned $100K into $18 Mil at the expense of Global Crossing's investors and the serial Bonker-in-Chief?
Not to mention Rev. Jesse "Love Child" Jackson, Presidential candidate Al "Tawana" Sharpton, Senators Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy or Robert "Grand Kegal" Byrd. Until the Dems purge the moral miscreants in their party they might do better to STFU.
A quick Googling brought an example of the hectoring and lecturing we received when Clinton's dalliances and mistreatment of women were the topic of the day:
“... we can remember that we are electing not clergy but political leaders — who need to be principled and devious, compassionate and brutal, visionary and, sometimes, utterly egotistical. If we try to do much better, we will end up doing worse.” 9 — Suzanne Garment, San Diego Union-Tribune. 1992
[Speaking on behalf of New York University media scholar Jay Rosen], “there is an important distinction between public and private character. What candidates do in private is largely irrelevant, says Rosen. What matters is their public conduct.” 10 — Jeremy Iggers in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. 1992
“He [Clinton] will shave, wheedle, compromise and cajole until he finds — or creates — common ground. He is notorious for his ability to impress strangers and disarm opponents. He is notorious for leading people to believe that he agrees with them entirely...without ever committing himself to their position. This is a gift given only to the best politicians. It is how difficult things get done.” 11 — Joe Klein, Newsweek magazine. 1994
“Whether character is a factor or not is relevant only as it relates to what the people want in terms of a President. They’re looking for someone with the character to get the economy back on track and answer the more serious questions facing this country.” 12 — Max Parker, a Clinton spokeswoman during the 1992 Presidential campaign.
“Voters re-elected Clinton despite widespread doubts about his character. In CNN’s election day exit poll, most voters continued to say Clinton is not honest and trustworthy. They’ve re-elected him because of his job performance — and crossed their fingers that character would not prove to be a major problem.” 13 — Bill Schneider, CNN. 1996
"He has vacillated on issues large and small, and at times he has conducted himself like a man with something to hide. Nevertheless, we think he is still a better choice ...” 14 — St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1996
“... Clinton was able to defuse the ‘character’ issue by focusing on voters’ own wants and needs. They put their own interests above that issue, and thus relegated all the stories about Clinton’s character to the back burner, or to the trash can. ...it means that women and families have decided that it’s more important to have their own issues addressed rather than worry about the character issue.” 15 — Robert A. Jordan of The Boston Globe. 1996.
“... he [Clinton] has been accused of adultery, sexual harassment, and ducking the draft — allegations that send some people into a frenzy of Clinton-hating. The President’s ultimate sin, it seems to some people, is that he appears to have broken the rules — and gotten away with it. That is unforgivable. But to the rest of us, the character issue just hasn’t taken. If we have learned anything over the last four years, it is that strictly personal behavior — in other words, sex — might be interesting, might be titillating, and might be even downright riveting.... One can argue that in both his triumphs and his failures there is a connection between the private and public Bill Clinton. But once the public man is known, the private one just doesn’t seem to matter anymore.... In his own way, Clinton taught us all a lesson about personal character that we should all remember the next time around: It’s sometimes more interesting than important.” 16 -- Richard Cohen of The Washington Post. 1996