|
|
Article: BILL CLINTON AND THE AMERICAN CHARACTER.
- Article from:
- First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 Institute on Religion and Public Life. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
This is the long promised reflection on what "the Clinton affair" does or does not mean for the state of the republic. It is of course an interim reflection, since people will be trying to sort this out for many years to come. But for now at least some of the dust has settled and the main outline of the story is clear enough. I mean, of course, the story surrounding the White House intern, which, admittedly, keeps bumping into other stories. For the next little while we are stuck with a President who, beyond reasonable doubt, is guilty of perjury, tampering with witnesses, and obstruction of justice, and who probably is a rapist. That we are better off stuck with him ...