Hillary Clinton's Excuses: Bad Psychology In Action |
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| Media Link - The New Republic | |
| Friday, 01 June 2001 00:00 | |
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Hillary Clinton forgives her husband for his deceit. She calls it "a sin of weakness" rather than a "sin of malice." Think about what she's saying. You can do something wrong, and be forgiven, so long as you meant well. Intentions, in the end, are more important than consequences. How do you prove that you "meant" well? Simply by saying so. Is this something you would teach your child? If not, then why on earth do so many people condone it in a President? Mrs. Clinton backs up her reasoning by citing psychologists. A psychologist once told her, she says, that her husband lies and cheats because his mother and grandmother put him in the middle as a child. I'm a practicing psychotherapist, and I have a very different diagnosis. President Clinton continues to lie and cheat because people excuse him. In his personal life, his wife keeps making excuses for his wrong behavior and forgiving him. In the political realm, voters support Mr. Clinton in ever stronger numbers, it seems, with each additional lie. We tell him, in effect, that he can do no wrong. And he believes us. This is the man to whom we entrusted our military power, as well as our government managed economy, for 8 years. Most would probably give him another one or two terms, if allowed the chance. Forgiving and making excuses for people who deliberately lie and cheat, again and again? Now that's sickness. Mr. Clinton has psychological problems, to be sure. But the ethical ones are even bigger. The people who excuse him are the least healthy of all. They need to look inward and figure out why they think so little of themselves. They need to ask themselves why they settle for a common liar as a President -- or a husband. Hopefully an enabler and excuser like Mrs. Clinton will never hold public office. If she makes such excuses for her husband, what might she do with criminals? How could she be trusted to avoid corruption herself? She's a dangerous lady, in her unhealthiness. Even if she does not mean to be.
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