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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonkie who wrote (87484)	11/25/2000 6:53:27 PM
From: briskit	Respond to of 769667

"Moral authority" implies that a person has earned the authority to make statements regarding morals, or which impinge on moral issues. In other words, the person has won a listening audience. People don't gag when said person makes a comment with moral implications. Only a very rare, partisan few (there are some) would argue that in Clinton's case. In addition I would add it would involve "morals" occupying a preeminent place in the person's decision-making. I.e., the moral question is as important as the end-game. The old "means/ends" question. Clinton's comments are primarily self-serving in this regard. He argues for process and faith in democracy, because without some continuing process here Gore loses. Clinton/Gore will be interested in this process precisely until he can claim a winning vote count. Then, guess what-- I WIN! That's what Clinton's position is about.