pShould government officials resign over extra-marital affairs?

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No, they shouldn't

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Yes, they should

@Nov '12 c 168 comments V 310 votes

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9 hr

FreelancerFl

v No, they shouldn't

Peoples private life is just that. PRIVATE, as in nobody else's business.

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tarakitten endorsed Rapn21

v No, they shouldn't
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Amy2723 voted

v Yes, they should
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sspphoto endorsed BerryGoround

v No, they shouldn't
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DesignerLM voted

v No, they shouldn't
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Jaybird1964

v Yes, they should

Means they are not focused on their jobs...they are working too hard to hide secrets!!!!

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May 18
doggie_luv voted

v No, they shouldn't
May 18
tomtheterrible endorsed BerryGoround

v No, they shouldn't
May 18
9MileTrucking voted

v Yes, they should
May 18
Mournwolf voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 17
DrSilicon voted

v No, they shouldn't
May 17

Goose

v Yes, they should

Ross Perot fired a corporate executive over that very thing once. When a reporter questioned him about this, Perot replied: "If the S__ O__ a B___'s own wife can't trust him, then how can I?"

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May 16
FatTony14 endorsed Rapn21

v No, they shouldn't
May 16

Rocker

v Yes, they should

Jeezus Squeeze us. Can we not hold those boogers to ANY kind of responsible behavior??

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May 16

Bill2E

v Yes, they should

If their mates cannot trust them why should anyone else?

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May 16
silentrunning endorsed Rapn21

v No, they shouldn't
May 16
littlewolf8469 voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 15
Bingo35 endorsed Rapn21

v No, they shouldn't
May 15

LEC

v No, they shouldn't

If Men and women for that matter were forced to resign over an affair [if caught] well we would have a serious game of musical jobs and that just stupid... However, if the affair is on the dime and time of the taxpayer, then yes, but it doesn't seem to stop them from running for some other office... How the Hell did Sanford get re elected??

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May 15
runawayfrom endorsed Rapn21

v No, they shouldn't
May 14

AlexNWA

v Yes, they should

If they can't be trusted to uphold their marriage vows, how can they be trusted to uphold the Constitution?

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May 14
JVJx voted

v No, they shouldn't
May 13

ASmith

v No, they shouldn't

As per usual, republiclown hypocrisy plays a big part of this. Bill Clinton gets "waxed" in the oval office? "Impeachment!" Newt Gingrich cheats on his dying wife and dumps her while in hospital? "Meh."

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May 13
ThomasN456 voted

v Yes, they should
May 13
RadAuthNat endorsed FollowTheMoney

v Yes, they should
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May 13
mwr endorsed 1hardcorerepub

v Yes, they should
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May 13
smbiz voted

v Yes, they should
May 13

AndrewMC

v No, they shouldn't

Unless their affair interferes with the fulfillment of the duties of their office.

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May 12
rangerjeff voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 12
zoomer339 voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 12
Fyi1957 endorsed 1hardcorerepub

v Yes, they should
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May 11
PWM endorsed 1hardcorerepub

v Yes, they should
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May 11

CaryNickel

v No, they shouldn't

Depends on the circumstances, of course, and if the affair affected their job in any way. Otherwise, let the voters decide come election day.

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May 10
MaxPain endorsed DARSB

v No, they shouldn't
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May 10
SlimElmo91 voted

v Yes, they should
May 10

Bobolinsky

v No, they shouldn't

Unless of course they lie under oath when denying it.

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May 9
LilliB voted

v Yes, they should
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May 9
Jimbo voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 9
Bill voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 9
farmer_bruce voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 8
oldsolder endorsed 1hardcorerepub

v Yes, they should
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May 8
LibertyWolf voted

v Yes, they should
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May 8

sml11

v No, they shouldn't

Unless it becomes an issue of security

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May 8
Big_jeff voted

v No, they shouldn't
May 8

busseja

v No, they shouldn't

No explanation is necessary. One can be living in a living hell at home. A ring on the finger is not a ring through the nose as so many american women seem to believe.

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May 8
Saving_USA voted

v No, they shouldn't
May 8

Bob72370

v Yes, they should

When you accept a public office you should be prepared to be held to a higher standard. Every act that you make and every word that you utter as a public servant can and will come back to haunt you. If you are truly out to serve the voter you will watch what you do and say, if you are only in the job because of the perks then you deserve to be held under a magnifying glass...

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May 7
that1guy voted

v No, they shouldn't
May 7
Carolann endorsed Rapn21

v No, they shouldn't
May 7
StanH voted

v Yes, they should

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FreelancerFl

v No, they shouldn't

Peoples private life is just that. PRIVATE, as in nobody else's business.

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Jaybird1964

v Yes, they should

Means they are not focused on their jobs...they are working too hard to hide secrets!!!!

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May 17

Goose

v Yes, they should

Ross Perot fired a corporate executive over that very thing once. When a reporter questioned him about this, Perot replied: "If the S__ O__ a B___'s own wife can't trust him, then how can I?"

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May 16

Rocker

v Yes, they should

Jeezus Squeeze us. Can we not hold those boogers to ANY kind of responsible behavior??

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May 16

Bill2E

v Yes, they should

If their mates cannot trust them why should anyone else?

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May 15

LEC

v No, they shouldn't

If Men and women for that matter were forced to resign over an affair [if caught] well we would have a serious game of musical jobs and that just stupid... However, if the affair is on the dime and time of the taxpayer, then yes, but it doesn't seem to stop them from running for some other office... How the Hell did Sanford get re elected??

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May 14

AlexNWA

v Yes, they should

If they can't be trusted to uphold their marriage vows, how can they be trusted to uphold the Constitution?

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May 13

ASmith

v No, they shouldn't

As per usual, republiclown hypocrisy plays a big part of this. Bill Clinton gets "waxed" in the oval office? "Impeachment!" Newt Gingrich cheats on his dying wife and dumps her while in hospital? "Meh."

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May 13

AndrewMC

v No, they shouldn't

Unless their affair interferes with the fulfillment of the duties of their office.

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May 11

CaryNickel

v No, they shouldn't

Depends on the circumstances, of course, and if the affair affected their job in any way. Otherwise, let the voters decide come election day.

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May 10

Bobolinsky

v No, they shouldn't

Unless of course they lie under oath when denying it.

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May 8

sml11

v No, they shouldn't

Unless it becomes an issue of security

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May 8

busseja

v No, they shouldn't

No explanation is necessary. One can be living in a living hell at home. A ring on the finger is not a ring through the nose as so many american women seem to believe.

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May 16

Bill2E

Nice how you shifted that from men to women. If your not happy in your marriage get a damned divorce, don't cheat. Would be nice if congress persons were of that mind, we might be able to trust them a little more. Just not the case.

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May 17

busseja

@Bill2E Cheating is an emotional decision. Divorce an economic one. As far as women, I have yet to see a woman congresman who would rate and affair. Well no, maybe Barny Frank....There is something for everyone I guess.

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May 17

Bill2E

@busseja Trust, honesty and faithfulness is also an emotional decision with a lot of economic consequences also. The point I was making relates to congresspersons being honest, trustworthy and faithful to carry out their duties. If they don't have these qualities why would I want to vote for them.

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May 8

Bob72370

v Yes, they should

When you accept a public office you should be prepared to be held to a higher standard. Every act that you make and every word that you utter as a public servant can and will come back to haunt you. If you are truly out to serve the voter you will watch what you do and say, if you are only in the job because of the perks then you deserve to be held under a magnifying glass...

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May 7

Gatnos

v Yes, they should

It goes to moral charter. Our elected leaders should, must be of high moral character, if they are to do an honest job that is right for the nation.

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May 6

hinders

v No, they shouldn't

As long as they are not breaking the law, I don't care! They are willing to take a bullet for you and me so...

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May 8

Bob72370

They are willing to take a bullet??? What are you talking about? They will take the money from you, they will take your freedoms from you, they will take your jobs, your guns and yes they will take your bullets from you. But take a bullet for you? I don't think so...

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May 6

hwyangel

v No, they shouldn't

Being that marriage is a federally governed institution it obviously requires rules. But with the new definition of marriage as "two consenting adults" fidelity is not one of them. I do believe though that the number of times that one can marry should be limited to avoid people taking advantage of marriage to help numerous people gain citizenship. I see this as a threat to national security.

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May 5

Fiona7

v Yes, they should

The countries leader should be one of good moral standing. Not some looser who can't control himself.

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May 4

jeffreyknee

v Yes, they should

It can make them vulnerable to blackmail.

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May 2

scotta

v Yes, they should

Hey if they cheat on their spouces. They will cheat on the American public

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Rapn21

v No, they shouldn't

Their private life is nobody's business. Officials should be judged on how well or poorly they do their job. If the affair doesn't affect their job, they shouldn't reseign

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1hardcorerepub

v Yes, they should

Goes to character and integrity.

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Nov '12

BerryGoround

v No, they shouldn't

It depends on how much that affair affected carrying out their actual job duties, but assuming it didn't in any major way - absolutely not. The moral character of our government officials is certainly important, but if people resigned over their extra-marital affairs I'm afraid we'd be practically out of a government.

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Nov '12

Quantummist

v Yes, they should

While it may seem a private matter truth is the United States has enemies and such affairs can lead to blackmail and treason, It has happened in our history... Such affairs could lead to a government official being used by a covert operative to gain access to secrets and information that could be passed along to others that could use it for assorted attacks on our installations... A off the cuff comment to a mistress has led to the loss of American Lives and lose of top secret information in the past... So Yes such affairs by Government Officials should be considered a National Security issue....

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Nov '12

FollowTheMoney

v Yes, they should

Our leaders should be held to a higher standard. They should also lead by example.

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Nov '12

KyleMFb

v No, they shouldn't

Hell no....who cares if some one is geting some or alot on the side mabey their wife or hubby is a prick and won't let them smash besides americains LOVE blowjobs hell look at Clinton his highest approval rating was when he was being impeached that just goes to show you there's no shame in the geting done game besides humans aren't made to be with just one person their whole life just like most animals we are put on this earth to bump uglys as much as possible and make as much bastard children and you can

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Nov '12

mimi57

v Yes, they should

They should, because holding office should require integrity, and having an affair means you are losing integrity, and you need to resign and check yourself. Petreaus was a great general, It happens to the best, it is sad.

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Nov '12

Zazziness

v No, they shouldn't

I don't like cheaters but that doesn't mean they can't perform their job duties in a competent way.

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Nov '12

DARSB

v No, they shouldn't

Of course not, unless it's the person in charge of abstinence-only programs... :-)

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Nov '12

TheLoneRanger

v Yes, they should

Yes they should resign...... Our leaders should be held to a higher standard then the general population. This is because people should be looking to our leaders on how to act in public as well as in private..... When our leaders do wrong and are not held accountable for their actions impressionable people notice and may conform their behavior to these new lows. They do this because they want to feel some kind of connection with their leaders and they begin to believe that somehow this deviant behavior is acceptable...and unfortunately in some circles it becomes so..... Look at the bad example of Bill Clinton and what he did to cause the moral deviancy of many of ou...

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