[EL] Xenophobia in campaign finance

[John Tanner]

I don't think Nixon ever cheated on his wife

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Jon Roland <jon.roland at constitution.org>wrote:

> **
> Call me old-fashioned, but I came of age in a time when things like
> marital fidelity was considered a strong indicator of one's fitness for
> positions of public responsibility. The old saying was, "If he can't be
> trusted not to cheat on his wife, then how can we trust him in office." We
> had a similar view of failure to pay debts or fulfill other duties, public
> and private.
>
> We need to demand a higher standard of virtue in everyone, whether it be
> an elected official or performance of the duties of voter. Perhaps it is
> time to do as is or has been done in some countries, to make any act of
> betrayal a capital offense.
>
> On 02/10/2012 12:09 PM, Thomas J. Cares wrote:
>
> There'd be no risk of congressmen being swayed not to support such
> policies, lest a half a million dollars worth of ads highlighting their
> marital infidelity be run in their district (and who needs that)?
>
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