[cosine]

For obvious reasons, you don't want someone with the power to prosecute to have a history that makes him subject to being bribed, bludgeoned, or blackmailed. In many respects, prosecutors have more power to wreck individual lives than the President. Having an extramarital affair is a bad thing. Lying about it is worse.

Employers have to trust employees in order to get work done. In many jobs, people fill out an extensive employment form when hired. It asks lots of questions. You affirm that you have answered honestly. If you lie and the employer later finds out, you can be fired, no questions asked.

[piasa]

Assuming he did have an extramarital affair.

Since the press also has more power to destroy than the president or even a prosecutor, should not KVAL TV here be nailed to the floor for lying about French's service?

[Lakeside]

'prosecutors have more power to wreck individual lives than the President.'

Sure. Ask all those individuals smeared by Clinton's henchmen. And a U.S. President is so much more 'bribable' than ANYBODY on the face of this planet.

Yeah, extramarital affairs and lying about them are bad things. So is whispering things gleaned from a brown book to a hostile boss. Bad slimy.

[Murph]

Having an extramarital affair is a bad thing. Lying about it is worse... If you lie and the employer later finds out, you can be fired, no questions asked.

Granted. But don't you think the timing is suspicious?

This is not about the non-trustworthiness of an employee, it's about dirty political vendetta-ism. This is obvious no matter how it is spun.

SBVT will likely retalliate; another backfire on Kerry.