Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Will: Now, Defining Decency Down - Newsweek George F. Will - MSNBC.com

Will: Now, Defining Decency Down - Newsweek George F. Will - MSNBC.com: "Craig's unraveling involved a sadness almost unfathomable to anyone who has not felt it necessary to live, as he seems to have done for years, disguising one's nature. The fact that Craig deepened his misery with an absurd 'explanation' that was, in its way, lewd increased the duty to feel compassion for him. But the presidential candidate he supported quickly pounced, issuing a statement devoid of human sympathy. Craig, said Mitt Romney, seizing yet another opportunity to stroke social conservatives, 'reminds us of Mark Foley and Bill Clinton' and, 'frankly, it's disgusting.'"