“Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.”
- John Adams -
And I agree with you.
But the candidate you are looking for, perfected and electable, does not exist.
Santorum, at least it appears, comes across as very ethical, but he’s not electable.
It’s been because of the want to have a perfect candidate that America is going down the tubes, because good candidates are rejected because they aren’t perfect and liberals get the power.
I agree with your Adams quote, but the problem is that it is a relative thing. We are not comparing Gingrich to Ronald Reagan. We’re comparing him to Mitt and Obama.
He still comes out on top, not least because there are multiple areas in which a man can fail in moral authority besides the bedroom.