Americans' concerns about moral decline

[Carl Remick]

> > One noteworthy poll finding is that the public figure who 
> scores highest
> > as a moral exemplar is Colin Powell (not surprisingly, Clinton ranks
> > lowest).  The WSJ quotes pollster Fred Yang on the Powell results as
> > follows:  "An African-American male rated as having the 
> highest morals
> > among white Southern Conservatives truly belongs on Mount Rushmore."
> 
> That's too bad, given that he has been accused of war crimes committed
> during the "War to Make the World Safe for Emirs."

I'm not inclined to hand out morality medals to military types myself,
but I'm surprised that Powell got such a vigorous thumbs-up from the
less squeamish Southern Conservatives.  I'm a little confused about how
this survey was made and whether it was open-ended in terms of
selections, but I didn't see any mention of "Stormin' Norman," whom I
would think would be numero uno with good ol' boys.

Carl Remick