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Opinion in Brief

Michael Reagan: “The attack on Dr. Jackson’s morals​ reminds me of the cheap remark made about President Trump by James Comey, the former FBI director, admitted leaker and professional truth-stretcher. ​Comey ​has famously said he doesn’t think Donald Trump has the moral qualifications to be president. During his triumphant book tour I’ve been waiting for one of Comey’s ​friendly ​interviewers to ask if he thought Hillary was morally qualified to be president in 2016. Or if he thought lying about Benghazi, erasing emails, destroying hard drives, attacking the women who accused her husband of rape, etc., etc., did not ​disqualify her. … Comey’s remark about Donald Trump’s morals was not just another of his cheap shots. It was also a dumb ​thing to say. ​J​immy Carter was probably the most morally qualified human on the planet ever to be president. ​What did he accomplish? ​He gave Iran to the mullahs and he gave the rest of us gas lines, a dead economy and a sky-high ‘Misery Index’ (the rate of inflation plus the rate of unemployment). Carter proved there’s no connection between a president’s good or bad private morals and his ability to be a good or bad president. ​Trump’s doing the same thing. … The way things are going now, Trump’s enemies would not support Jesus Christ for secretary of anything because he was pro-life, was seen talking to prostitutes and turned water into wine without a permit.”