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To: j g cordes who wrote (17353)	1/31/1998 11:05:00 AM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Yes, definitely, Jim, I would definitely agree with that, if I am understanding your statement correctly. It is very early in the morning here, and I have had zero caffeine or anything else to stimulate my brain. Are you saying that we demand higher standards of conduct in our leaders that we aspire to, or can attain, for ourselves, or something along those lines? I imagine it is very difficult to live under constant public scrutiny, and I think most Americans also assume that to be true. In fact, I think that is why there seems to be a general tolerance for PRIVATE sexual behavior in our presidents outside of their marriages. I don't think we want our faces rubbed in it, though, and I think there is a general intolerance to presidents who may have committed serial felonies, as the Whitewater investigation may indicate. I am not one to believe that where there is smoke there is ALWAYS fire, but after awhile the same patterns of obfuscation, witness tampering and quid pro quos make it increasingly difficult to suspend my disbelief. Since Clinton has wanted to be president since he was a child, I would have expected him to generally behave himself. He knew full well the moral climate in an increasingly sexually conservative nation, and providing ammunition over and over again for his opponents seems stupid. As one commentator remarked, he kept handing them 2 x 4's to whack him over the head with!! And I think most Americans who have totally messed up personalities, bisexual wives, sexual compulsions, open marriages, and know they are prone to felonious behavior wisely choose not to seek high public office. There are, after all, many ways patriotic citizens can contribute. Like it or not, the president is very visible, and school children are taught to respect and emulate him. It is very difficult to teach children good morals in a swamp. Children, and strong families, are our very future. But what I think is even more pertinent is that this is a couple who believed that the fact that they had ideas which might be very good for a nation would excuse otherwise amoral behavior, and knew because they were such good attorneys that they would always be able to pull anything and everything off, because most people were really not very smart. And I think that is really insulting. Please bear with me if I misunderstood your post in some way, Jim. Now I'm going to take my idealism and climb some ivory tower until the wind changes!!