If that's how you want to judge a political candidate, then go ahead and do that.
I think that's short-sighted. I don't vote for candidates based on their personal life.
And, before you throw Clinton in my face, let me add that Tim Hutchinson violated no civil laws, did not commit perjury, did not try to destroy another person's life.
Hutchinson's wife agreed to the divorce, and would not move to Washington, DC while her husband Tim was in the Senate.
Now that she's divorced him, she's working in Washington, DC.
The way I judge a political candidate, is if s/he lives and acts in concert with the values that we supposedly share.
I think that's short-sighted. I don't vote for candidates based on their personal life.
Then character DOESN'T count? How do we square that with Clinton?
And, before you throw Clinton in my face, let me add that Tim Hutchinson violated no civil laws, did not commit perjury, did not try to destroy another person's life.
Irrelevant. May I remind you that FR was begun LONG before the Clinton crimes were brought to light. We all remember Gennifer Flowers and all the other "bimbo-eruptions." We all said that "Character matters."
I'm not happy that Hutchison lost, but that's HUTCHISON'S fault.
If he wanted to screw around on his wife while courting high office, he should have been a Democrat.
That's the party where Character doesn't Count, only POWER. Remember?