This fact makes clear our expectations of executive leadership. We do not ask the postmodern president to be genuinely apologetic for covering up his outrageous behavior, only that he give an Oscar-worthy performance in pretending that he is. Many are saying that we should just give Bill Clinton our forgiveness and stop judging him. Let me state clearly that I am no theologian on the matter of forgiveness or any other matter. But I do want to respond to these opinions as expressed in common Biblical paraphrases.
Forgiveness presupposes wrongdoing or sin.
Therefore, we cannot speak about forgiving anyone unless a judgment has been made. To forgive without having made some judgment is impossible. True, we cannot judge a person's ultimate fate. We may, however, judge their actions based on what we know about that which is true. He does need forgiveness.