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Christmas is the time when even the most casual Christians go to church.  This is the time when people of faith observe the Christ Mass.  In the liturgy, we are reminded of the gifts of God for the people of God.  The priest announces the gift that only God can give, forgiveness of sins.  

It follows, quite logically, that in this time of celebration and good will, that the president of the United States would grant pardons.  Like the grace of God, these pardons are unearned and undeserved.  I am struck by the incredible irony of Slick Willy imitating the behaviors of priests in granting forgiveness, without displaying any of the moral discipline that priests must have.  

By not admitting to their own shortcomings, they deny themselves the opportunity to correct any errors that they might be responsible for.  Bill Clinton has spun a fabric of lies that cloak him from both public censure and personal introspection.  In these tangled threads he has perverted the grace of forgiveness into a coarse canvas of political favors.

What makes it possible for Clinton to enthrall the public and beguile the media?  Clinton has created a personality cult around himself.  It is a lot like the cults developed around despots, or even the Cult of the Emperor in the time of the Roman Empire.  Clinton’s success is dependent upon intense personal loyalty from those around him, rather than loyalty to a cause, a policy or an ideal.  Clinton’s personality based presidency comes from his survivor mentality.  It is part of his political character.

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For Bill Clinton, public approval is the bottom line.  This is why the Clinton administration has been so overrun by polls.  He governs by consensus, rather than by a theory of political justice.  Robert Reich, cabinet secretary and long-time friend of Clinton, saw Clinton's overwhelming desire to please as a character flaw and predicted that it could become a disabler: Clinton depends on his personal charm to win opponent s over to his side, rather than acknowledge that he has made mistakes.

Clinton has repeated the cycle of overpromising throughout his public life.  Gallup Poll trends indicate that Clinton's job approval ratings have stayed within the 60% range for most of his second term.   

The I Didn't Inhale Lie: 

The I Didn't Dodge the Draft Lie: He did.

The FBI Files Lie: 900 FBI files of former Bush and Reagan staffers acquired because of a "bureaucratic snafu." 

The Era of Big Government Is Over Lie: In his 1996 State of the Union address, Clinton proclaimed, "the era of big government is over." 

The Monica Lewinsky Lies

The Sexual Relations Lie: On January 26, 1998, Bill Clinton shook his finger at us and said that he never had "sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky."

Clinton swore, under oath, to tell the truth to a Grand Jury, yet, even senior Democratic members of Congress said that he lied under oath.

Clinton claimed that Monica was a "stalker" who "threatened him."

The Washington Times counted 267 times That Clinton, an otherwise brilliant man, just could not remember anything during Clinton's his Paula Jones deposition.  

Our president has many roles.  He is the Chief executive, setting policy goals and arbitrating between the various branches of the government to implement these goals.  He is the commander in chief, the highest officer of the most powerful military force on this planet.  He is our chief international spokesman, the person that other nations identify as the undisputed leader of the United States.  The president personifies this nation in a unique way.  

Bill Clinton lowered the national moral standard with his flagrant disregard for the dignity of The Office of the President of the United States.  Granting a pardon is like a priest announcing absolution of sins to penitent parishioners at the highest point in the sacred mass.  

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