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vincentML -> RE: Is Newt Gingrich an out of control alcoholic or oxycontin abuser? (5/16/2011 9:54:10 AM)
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ORIGINAL: MrRodgers
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ORIGINAL: vincentML
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ORIGINAL: YSG
I dont know if he's on any drugs or drinking heavily, but I will say this: If I cant trust you to conduct your marriage in a decent and honorable manner, I sure as HELL cant trust you to run my country.
I am no fan of Newt but I wonder if the correlation is valid. We have had no shortage of Presidents who were dishonorable in their marriages. There is the well documented, I think, stroy that FDR had a honey on the side while his wife Eleanor also had a honey on the side. Eisenhouer, Kennedy, Clinton, and Johnson of the modern presidents also come to mind as men who dabbled or had other relationships. And Pat Nixon, for whatever reason, was certainly not a happy woman.
So, I wonder.
But you can't have it both ways now because of the above were accounted for, there would have been no Clinton civil trial no less and a ridiculous attempt to remove him from office.
Fact is now we have no shortage of republican hypocrisy and almost all of the matters that didn't raise our ire in the past.
The issue was the immorality of the candidate and his fitness for office. My opinion that it is a bogus issue is supported by History of the office.
Hypocracy is another issue isnt it? Seems to me if we clean the nation of hypocritical Pols we will have very few available for elected office. The family values platform of the GOP just makes their hypocracy a little more egregious. Bottom line is they are all seeking status and power by way of money and votes in return for promises that don't often materialize.
So, are immorality and hypocracy the most important predictors of a candidate's failure of efficacy when in office or are they only the emotional responses of potential voters?
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