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"She, like my Arkansas friend, cannot and will not vote for someone who didn't believe in their marriage vows."

I may be talking off the top of my head here, especially since I don't know all the details surrounding Tim Hutchinson's divorce and remarriage, and I guess I have to respect someone who bases their votes on principle, however, I believe in the marriage vow as much as anybody I know and yet I am divorced. I don't care to get into detail about it, but I do not believe I am less of a person or less of a Christian because of it and I am not willing to hold only that one thing against somebody. There can be all kinds of reasons for problems in a family. Some can legitimately be cause for ending a marriage. Granted, most are not, in my opinion, and a lot of people in today's society have a real problem with commitment and priorities. But all that aside, I don't believe it is my place to judge the man and I feel that I must cast my vote in this election in the interest of the greater good which I believe is in retaking the senate to give President Bush the opportunity to get some conservative judicial nominees seated and overcome the obstructionist tactics of Tiny Tommy Daschle and his herd of liberal sycophants. I guess everyone has a line they don't feel they can cross. I do as well, but this is not it.

My friend is the Arkansas resident, not my mother, but they both hold the same views: if a man (or woman) leaves their spouse for another woman (or man), they will not vote for that person. They both believe that persons who run for office should have a higher moral standard. They also believe that marriage vows mean something, and if a person breaks those marriage vows, they cannot be trusted with holding office. That's their moral standard, and why neither could vote for someone who was divorced under those circumstances. It does not matter to them that he's a good Senator or Congressman. They believe that if someone is willing to break their marriage vows in this way means that that person will break other vows and promises. My friend will not vote for Hutchinson and she's never voted for Clinton (governor or president). She will not vote for Pryor. In my mother's case, because it was a choice between the amoral Clinton and a divorced Bob Dole, she voted for Dole because she didn't believe Dole left his first wife for Elizabeth (I just called her to verify). Had he done so, she would not have voted for anyone for president.