Did anyone else catch Charlie Gibson's piece blaming Clinton for

[barbaraann]

high school and college cheating last night? Somehow when he got a group of high school students together at the end of the show to talk about why kids cheat, several of them mentioned that Bill Clinton lied/cheated so they got the message that lying/cheating was ok.

As far as I can tell, Bill Clinton NEVER lied about anything relevant to his performance in elected office (unlike some others I can mention) and I believe the fault for setting a bad example for children lies with Ken Starr, Newt Gingrich, and the rest of the GOP.

I can only imagine what one would find in an investigation into the early life of George W. Bush and I would guess that such an investigation with the same amount of publicity given to the Clinton investigation might actually result in the end of ALL morality in this country if Presidential behavior actually does affect the morals of young people.

I have watched a lot of teenagers get into car trouble in the last few years since I have a teenager, and I wonder what the impact of knowing that Laura Bush kiiled someone and got away with it would do if our "liberal" media chose to publicize it.

God, I get tired of pointing out GOP hypocrisy!

[madmax]

1. I never realized Gibson what such a winger

I don't listen to him very often so tell me, has he always been like this?

[barbaraann]

10. I think most of us just noticed it lately because he mostly does

fluffy stuff.

I'm guessing that just recently a few million people have started to see what he really is.

[dmr]

20. I wrote to Gibson earlier this week,

he was rude and antagonistic in an interview with John Kerry over Senator Kerry's war medals. While Kerry laid his life on the line in Viet Nam, Gibson was safely tucked away at college. He knows nothing about the sacrifices of our soldiers, nor does he know anything about what they endure in combat.

Gibson is just another chickenshithawk GOP media whore. I will never watch GMA again.

[lancdem]

2. That's a bunch of crap

Kids have been cheating on tests, etc. for years, before anyone even heard of Bill Clinton. Those students were just looking for an excuse. Besides, Clinton was punished severely for his mistake. What about that message?

[BabsSong]

3. AND did you see that the little rat bastard slimy yuppie kid who said

that was one who plagerized his whole goddamn paper when it was revealed. And this little weazle was the one bullshitting the teacher about how cheating is not honorable, etc. Yep, American greedmiester parents are raising some real moral kids, aren't they. Wonder if the boy also sits in the front row of the church with his parents and sings in the choir!!!!

[lancdem]

4. Did he blame Clinton, too?

That would take the cake.

[barbaraann]

14. Sorry, that I can't remember.

I was sort of stunned when the Clinton-blaming started.

[barbaraann]

7. I saw that.

And what I realized after watching the show is that apparently MOST kids who get into top colleges are cheaters. And as the show also pointed out, BUSINESS STUDENTS are the worst offenders.

Doesn't our illustrious President have an MBA from a top college???

And we wonder how such a moron...

[NormanConquest]

11. Many business schools no longer require ethics courses

in the core curriculum. When I graduated from my alma mater, their business school discontinued the ethics requirement...that was nine years ago. Could we be witnessing the consequences already?

[wtmusic]

18. And many parents no longer require

honesty from their kids. :-(

[PA Democrat]

15. I caught that and I thought the kid's morals were more like Bush's

He did wrong, but takes no responsibility. It was Clinton's fault! A good little lying repug in the making.

[seabeyond]

5. and they learned from bush...........lmao

Bill Clinton lied/cheated so they got the message that lying/cheating was ok.



BLAME clinton adn dont own anything or take responsibility for ones own decision

ah ha ha ha ha

[Ironpost]

6. Don't quit

Just get some rest. no time to give up the fight.

[barbaraann]

8. Ah, welcome to DU and thank you for the words of support!

I might have given up by now without people like you here on DU fighting alongside me. :-)

[prodigal_green]

9. High School kids would have been between

9 and 14 when Bush took office. I somehow doubt they were paying that much attention to Clinton while he was in office.

Blame their Freeper parents, who probably lie, cheat and steal every chance they get, then tell us that God told them too (like *)

[OneTwentyoNine]

12. Hey Great!! I thought Clinton had been blamed for EVERYTHING..

Noooope,we can keep it alive with kids cheat on tests because of Bill Clinton!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe that Gibson would even air this childish fucking trash. Hell of a reporter Gibson.

Ummm,what about Bush lying,cheating etc???? Nah,forget it....

[ComerPerro]

13. So anytime someone drives drunk, its Bush and Cheney's fault

For setting a bad example, right?

[barbaraann]

17. And now they have set an example of unjustified pre-emptive war.

But if GWB starts a nuclear war to bring about Armageddon, there will be no one left to follow his bad example.

[wtmusic]

16. The $70 million wasted on the Whitewater Investigation

is the real crime.

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. The Big lie:

"several of them mentioned that Bill Clinton lied/cheated so they got the message that lying/cheating was ok."

The truth is that these kids have been brainwashed by the right-wing into thinking that Clinton's lie about his private life is justification for doing the same thing. The reality is that Clinton was socially ostracized for years and if anyone thinks he wasn't punished for lying, they haven't been paying attention.