[plain talk]

Is stealing five dollars any less an act of theft than stealing five million dollars?

YES. Of course it is! Not sure what your point was.

[Wallace T.]

The definition of theft, per Merriam Webster On-Line Dictionary is, "1 a : the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it b : an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property"

Theft has nothing to do with the amount stolen, but rather the act of stealing. Think about the old saw that no woman is almost pregnant or mildly pregnant.

The analogy is with Laura Bush's sexual and scatological humor vs. those of Whoppi Goldberg, Robin Williams, and other Hollywood "humorists". Just because Laura Bush's remarks were milder in comparison with those of the Hollywood slime, those remarks cannot be considered "clean."