Perhaps it can be said that one must be narcissistic to be a politician. And family values is not simply a “Republican” mantra, nor do the Republicans have a market on hypocrisy.
Looking down memory lane…….
Lucy Mercer was with Franklin Roosevelt when he died in Warm Springs, GA (Little White House).
Mary Jo Kopechne lost her life in the waters off Chappaquidick, MA while Sen. Ted Kennedy swam to safety, and waited until morning to mention his accident, four decades ago this summer!
It cost the American public $40 Million dollars for Ken Starr to tell us about Monica Lewinsky, Bill Clinton and the “Blue Dress”
While on Bill Clinton, there was Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones too!
Then you have the stories of the Kennedy brothers sharing Marilyn Monroe.
We have our present POTUS linked to Larry Sinclair, Reggie Love, and Nick Colvin.
Sen. John Edward’s had a love child even as his wife battles breast cancer again.
Dwight Eisenhower’s driver/mistress was Kay Summersby.
Who can forget Gov. McGreevy and his boy toy, or Barney Frank’s boyfriend operating a brothel from his apartment.
Our greatest President, Abraham Lincoln, had a longtime romantic relationship with his friend Joshua Speed, and when Mrs. Lincoln was out of the White House, he “shared” his bed with Captain David Derickson.
Should the private lives of our leaders be just that, private? Yes. However, when their private lives reflect cracks in their character, that is where there might be the need for the public to know of the character concerns. Each of these men have professed their belief in family values, and each show that they lacked the moral character to adhere to those values. Each showed that they are addicted to the power they have achieved, and with that addiction to power, they believe that the character issues no longer apply to them. It is not a Republican thing or a Democrat thing— it all lies in the drug of power!
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June 25, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Interested Bystander
Hey All,
I would never mess around on my wife, and I definately do not condone it.
What does kind of baffle me is, did he do it on Government time? Did it happen in his office, or when he was conducting Government business?
If the act didn’t occur during time he was doing the State’s business, and did not affect the job he was doing, then what business is it of ours? This should be between the husband and the wife.
All this does is bolster my belief that people thrive on other people’s misery. It’s sad, but from all information given it is true. It is a sad commentary on our culture that we relish other people’s misery while we ignore our own. When will we get to the point to keep their noses out of other people’s business?
June 25, 2009 at 3:10 pm
JAMES
its going to unravel that he was working at the time, and on the state’s dime.
June 26, 2009 at 1:09 am
stothes
His trip to Argentina was paid for by the taxpayers, but now he claims he’s going to reimburse the state. Let’s be honest, if he hadn’t been caught by that reporter at the airport as he was returning home he most likely wouldn’t be paying any money back.
I think they should also deduct his pay for every day that he was M.I.A. from his duties as well. The taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for the days he spent committing adultery in South America.
June 27, 2009 at 12:21 am
Su
Nice blog about family values. It is appreciated.
July 2, 2009 at 6:45 pm
SC
High profile sex scandals: Should we expect more from our leaders?
http://thinkpoint.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/high-profile-sex-scandals-2/
June 27, 2009 at 9:17 am
JAMES
I don’t think it is this last trip that he is referring too… that, I believe he paid for. He went to Argentina last year on an “economic summit” or such, and while there, met with the mistress. Mixing “business & ……”. And the reporters knew to go to Atlanta to look for his car, and then to watch for flights from Argentina because they had been sitting on the emails one of his staffers had given them in December. It is all wrong on his part, no matter how you cut it. The taxpayers should not bear the cost of any of it. Allegedly, the emails that were given to the press were on his personal computer, not his state one, and one of the staffers, who must have been highly trusted by the Governor, was able to access them. The betrayal by his staffer pales in comparison to the betrayal by Sanford toward his wife.
June 27, 2009 at 11:17 am
Interested Bystander
Hey All,
I would agree if the staffer would have given the emails to the WIFE and not the media.
This is a FAMILY issue, not a Government issue.
Even if he went to Argentina last year on the taxpayers dime, he can not be expected to spend 24 hours a day working for the State. 8, 9, 10, 11 hours a day, ok, but not 24.
The issue of infidelity, when he ran on a “family values” platform, becomes a political issue, but we don’t need all of the gory details.
Just my opinion.