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sugarpop · 05-10-2009, 06:07 AM

Not really. I think it shows something about a certain aspect of character in the person, but certainly not the most important aspects I would look for in a president. Personally, I think most men will cheat at some time in their life. Probably most women too. I do not necessarily think it's a fatal character flaw, because I don't really believe most people are meant to be completely monogamous for their whole life. Many couples know this, and they make agreements about what is acceptable and what isn't.

Having said that, I have no idea about the relationships you are discussing here. Maybe they had agreements, maybe they didn't. But even if they didn't, do you really think it should be up to the press to break a story about infidelity? Because honestly, I don't see how that would bear on someone's ability to do their job. And, if the wife didn't know and the husband was a scumbag for lying to her and cheating on her and not telling her about it, then the only thing that would come out of that action is it would cause an awful lot of pain and embarrassment to an innocent person(s). A person who, btw, at the time the story broke, was going through a very difficult time fighting cancer. I think it was extremely poor judgement and taste to break that story the way they did. Of course, it also shows poor judgement on his part to carry on an affair while he was running an election.

Many other cultures have a lot more openness and understanding about this stuff. They have mistresses, the women sometimes have a lover. I don't see how that has anything to do with being president, regardless of if the president is a man or a woman. Many of our presidents in the past have had lovers outside of their marriage. I do think they should be careful about it.

I think it is a much more dangerous character flaw to lie to the American people, and to the world, in order to start a war with a country that had nothing to do with attacking us. I think it is a much more dangerous character flaw to lose your moral compass and do things that you know in your heart are wrong, immoral and unethical, and then hide them from the people, and then pretend you don't know anything about it when really you do. I think it is a much worse character flaw to not listen, to not try to see things from another perspective, to have to always be right.

I could go on, but I'm kinda out of it right now. I hope this all makes sense.

05-10-2009, 06:07 AM	#5
sugarpop Professor Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the edge of the abyss Posts: 1,947	Not really. I think it shows something about a certain aspect of character in the person, but certainly not the most important aspects I would look for in a president. Personally, I think most men will cheat at some time in their life. Probably most women too. I do not necessarily think it's a fatal character flaw, because I don't really believe most people are meant to be completely monogamous for their whole life. Many couples know this, and they make agreements about what is acceptable and what isn't. Having said that, I have no idea about the relationships you are discussing here. Maybe they had agreements, maybe they didn't. But even if they didn't, do you really think it should be up to the press to break a story about infidelity? Because honestly, I don't see how that would bear on someone's ability to do their job. And, if the wife didn't know and the husband was a scumbag for lying to her and cheating on her and not telling her about it, then the only thing that would come out of that action is it would cause an awful lot of pain and embarrassment to an innocent person(s). A person who, btw, at the time the story broke, was going through a very difficult time fighting cancer. I think it was extremely poor judgement and taste to break that story the way they did. Of course, it also shows poor judgement on his part to carry on an affair while he was running an election. Many other cultures have a lot more openness and understanding about this stuff. They have mistresses, the women sometimes have a lover. I don't see how that has anything to do with being president, regardless of if the president is a man or a woman. Many of our presidents in the past have had lovers outside of their marriage. I do think they should be careful about it. I think it is a much more dangerous character flaw to lie to the American people, and to the world, in order to start a war with a country that had nothing to do with attacking us. I think it is a much more dangerous character flaw to lose your moral compass and do things that you know in your heart are wrong, immoral and unethical, and then hide them from the people, and then pretend you don't know anything about it when really you do. I think it is a much worse character flaw to not listen, to not try to see things from another perspective, to have to always be right. I could go on, but I'm kinda out of it right now. I hope this all makes sense.