Because he lied and flat-out denied the allegations.
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/10/29/lousiana_race/index.html?pn=1
At that point, it was just moonbat talk. You do realize there’s a different standard for a Republican politican, don’t you?
Why is it a big deal if he consorts prostitutes? Exactly how does that affect his ability to do his job?
If given the choice between a candidate who has a pristine personal life, but who disagrees with me on the issues, or the candidate who is well known around town as well, someone who is less than pristine, but who has views in line with mine, well, I’m supporting the one that agrees with me, not the one who lives a “good clean life”
We all act as if this had never happened before. You know, my father was the first person in his family line (from what I know) to have never even strayed once. There was a time when people got married and stayed married, for better or worse, and commandment against adultery not withstanding, many women in higher stratas just accepted that at one point or another, the husband would have an affair. Eisenhower did it. Somehow, F.D.R did it. You can go through the list of Presidents who had affairs, and yet none of them were ever called out on it. So why all the sudden do we feel the need to make this public news.
The only reason this has become an issue today is because people actually do have a willingness to get divorced whereas they usually didn’t back in the olden days. Jimmy Carter was a man who seemingly, led a good Christian life, was even a Baptist missionary. He was also an abject failure as President. On the other hand, you have a man like Reagan, who we know had divorced and remarried, and who, probably had affairs in the non-married times, and he was one of the best presidents the country ever had.
If someone cheats that usually means their is something wrong with the marriage, because usually, in happy, well-functioning marriages, people don’t cheat. People cheat when something has gone amiss. Marital problems have nothing to do with competency to do the job.