An Inclusive Litany

4/6/98

Robert Armstrong's column in the Contra Costa Sunday Times, February 1, 1998:
Do we need a leader who is as perfect as King David with the blessing of God?

Remember, he was one of the greatest leaders in history. With many concubines and wives, he covets another man's wife, "knows" her, then sends her husband off to war to be killed. God is unhappy with him and slaps him on the wrist by taking his first born of Bathsheba but gives him a pat on the back by giving him a second son (Solomon), by Bathsheba.

Well, the worst President Clinton may have done is break two of the Ten Commandments. But King David without a doubt broke at least four (coveting, adultery, killing, and lying). By comparison, President Clinton looks pretty good.

[Ed.: The Paula Jones case was thrown out of court in April. Supporters of the President cheered the decision, noting that it would probably discourage other women from coming forward with their own harassment charges. The President's conservative critics denounced the decision using similar reasoning.]