A new poll shows that Americans now believe that Bill Clinton is more honest than President Bush. [:] At least when Clinton screwed the nation, he did it one person at a time.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Critiques political honesty by contrasting large-scale vs. individual misconduct, using satire.
- In plain terms
- Satirizes comparing leaders by scale of wrongdoing.
- What can you take from it?
- Scale doesn't make one worse.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does scale matter in corruption?
Another view
Trivializes political ethics.
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