All About McCain

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I know it's an "old" issue already, but I'm still a bit dizzy from the fact that "family values" now includes "dealing with a pregnant teen and going back to work the day after your child is born." Wha-wha-what? Can anyone explain this?

I've explained it several times. People like to have high ideals. They very much enjoy falling short of them. They like to elevate their failures to the level of sin, and they take refuge in the promise of salvation. It's why sinners and shortfallers like W, Clinton and Reagan do well, while fellows of comparative rectitude such as Gore, 41, Dukakis, etc. fail to sustain appeal.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Finally remembered to respond to this.

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I've explained it several times. People like to have high ideals. They very much enjoy falling short of them. They like to elevate their failures to the level of sin, and they take refuge in the promise of salvation. It's why sinners and shortfallers like W, Clinton and Reagan do well, while fellows of comparative rectitude such as Gore, 41, Dukakis, etc. fail to sustain appeal.

My next question would be - what about the days when people were ostracized for such behavior? I know that tell-all rags have been around for as long as America has existed, and that tea-rooms have been filled with lewd gossip forever...but still, when these indiscretions were aired in the newspapers, it means certain career death for those involved.....didn't it?