its not so much they are exactly right for anything, its that they are as they claim to be... i don't claim to be as pure as the driven snow, (and i am not) but certainly, politiacian, and preachers in the US have tried to claim a moral high ground, but their personal lives are filled with examples of less than stellar behavior.
someone who walks the walk and talks the talk, is someone who, has high standards (but freely admits when he has failed) and when he has failed, he takes action to atone. (especially if he expects others to be accountable before they are forgiven)
we would all like people of high moral character to be in public office, but alas, we can only elect men and women, not angels. Men and woman have laspes, these can be forgiven, what is harder to forgive is a "do as i say, not as i do' attitude. (and politically, its death to be found holding a do as say, not as i do attitude!
