What are we gonna say to our children when they ask us why the
President killed so many people for no reason whatsoever?
How are we going to comfort them when they are afraid that the
President is a mass murderer?
Just what is going to become of our kids?
"So what do I say to the children in my state when they ask, `Didn't
the President lie? Doesn't that mean he isn't trustworthy? Then,
Senator, why didn't the Senate punish him?' "
Bill Clinton's Impeachment Ttrial Statement of Sen. Domenici (R-N.M.)
Friday, Feb. 12 1999
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/domenicitext021399.htm
KING: Reverend Falwell, how about hypocrisy, which is also a major
problem in this country. How about if you are a critic and at the same
time are hiding things in your house we don't know about? Where does
that put you on a firm moral stand? I don't mean you directly. I mean
anyone.
FALWELL: [...] I was on a CNN program the other night, in the which we
were talking with Pastor Phillip Willgerman (ph), of Founder United
Methodist (ph), where the president and the first lady often worship.
And the pastor prior to Pastor Willgerman had a similar extramarital
affair and resigned, for which I give him credit. I have had, in the
42 years I have been pastor here at Thomas Road Church, I have had
several key leaders who have defaulted morally. And I've had to ask
them, I'll help you, I'll work with your family, I'll try to recover
you. But, you can no longer work here and represent the Gospel. And I
feel that the president...
[...]I really do think -- I am pretty hard on this. I really believe
that if a man is going to be a pastor, a congressman, a senator,
certainly a president -- and say to the children, the generation -- I
am a pastor of 22,000 people, and I have been pastor there 42 years.
It's very difficult for me to communicate to those children and young
people that you should abstain from sexual activity until marriage and
you should always tell the truth, if I, the pastor, am not doing it,
or if our president is not doing it.
http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/chai/temp/lkl.00.html
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