Letters to the Editor

Haggard’s critics also hypocrites

Pastor Ted Haggard was removed from the ministry two weeks ago
on charges that he had visited a prostitute and bought
methamphetamines from him.

Since then, friends have poked fun at my own faith, citing the
pastor’s fall as hypocritical.

But what irks me is that those judging Haggard are using
absolute standards only because they are convenient.

Many of these people live by moral relativism, and yet they are
blasting Haggard with the same absolute standards they are
condemning him for holding.

Who of us does not have a hint of hypocrisy in our lives? Pastor
Haggard happens to be a highly visible example of these wrongs, but
he is certainly not alone.

These flaws do not negate the philosophy that Haggard tries to
live by; they show that Christians, like others, are imperfect
beings striving for better.

James Hauser

Fourth-year,

communications studies and sociology

Bush primed for long-needed lesson

Let me ask you, if you were a C-student, do you think you would
be accepted to Harvard Business School?

If you had no prior political experience, do you think you would
be elected governor of the second-largest state in the country?

Well, you might if your father was an influential congressman,
who would later become CIA director, vice president and finally
president.

What has irked George W. Bush-bashers so much since he exploded
onto the political scene in 1994 is that he has carried himself
with an arrogant swagger that is in no way warranted by previous
accomplishments.

Yet Bush loves to portray himself as a self-made man who
ascended to the presidency because of merit and faith.

In the irony of ironies, however, the mess in Iraq has destroyed
Bush’s legacy and enhanced his father’s by showing the
wisdom of not marching to Baghdad and overthrowing the dictator in
the Gulf War.

What makes the post-election seismic shake-up in foreign policy
so gratifying to Bush-bashers is that it appears President Bush has
eaten his humble pie at long last, and realized that he once again
needs daddy to come in and clean up his mess.

Instead of getting him into Harvard or buying him the Texas
Rangers, though, George H. W. Bush is providing his son with
something he needs much more than these goodies ““ foreign
policy expertise.

Michael Tesler

Graduate student,

political science