The private life of politicians
By gewcew23
@gewcew23 (8007)
United States
September 24, 2010 10:54am CST
The organgemen might have had his little organgemen in a lady who wasn't his wife. Oh that was wrong in so many way.
Apparently there is a rumor that is starting up that current Minority leader John Boehner had an affair with a lobbyist. As I said this is just a rumor no smoking gun here just a couple of links to some blog,
http://blogs.lancasteronline.com/smartremarks/2010/09/24/fox-would-never-do-this/
http://gawker.com/5646461/blogger-accuses-john-boehner-of-sleeping-with-a-lobbyist
My point of this post isn't to spread rumors but to talk about how we all say that we don't care about the private life of politician but then we still discuss their private life. There is nothing new about a man in power having an affair and as far as I can see it this activity will never change. What also will never change is how everyone acts when they find out something that is shocking which isn't shocking.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
24 Sep 10
It's not that I care about their personal life it's that if they are running on the party of "family values" than they should be towing the line of "family values". It's a nice mantra but, if they are only doing it to get the christian conservative votes and the pro-life votes then they should find another venue to run on.
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@matersfish (6306)
• United States
24 Sep 10
Private lives don't matter to most people. Scandals do. And once a scandal comes along, lives aren't "private" anymore.
Public lives do matter to people. The evidence is overwhelming. Idiotic reality TV shows taking off, Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian becoming famous for being rich, loose girls willing to suck the big one on video. On and on it goes.
As long as this stuff would stay private, we couldn't care one bit. Most of us wouldn't seek it out.
Yeah, there will always be guys like the Palin stalker and the conspiracy theorists looking for any piece of evidence they can find to call Obama a Muslim or a communist. But they're fame-starved folks themselves, looking to create scandal.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
26 Sep 10
I'm not a fan of the orangeman but I'm not about to jump to any conclusions because of a couple blogs saying he may be having an affair since I don't care and I don't see how it would have any effect on his job performance. I didn't put much stock in the National Enquirer stories on John Edwards at first either until it became obvious tahe reports were true and there was an innocent baby involved and a wife with terminal cancer. Governor Mark Sanford is definitely a scumbag extraordinaire, and a rather goofy one at that, but it wasn't his affair that made him an unfit leader, it was the fact that he sneaked off to Argentina without letting anyone know where he was and he may have used state funds for his romantic getaways.
It's funny when I think back to years ago when even the hint of a scandal could totally derail someone's campaign. Of course, that doesn't mean the affairs didn't happen back then, it's just that we didn't have the 24/7 news media or a population filled with people with cell phone cameras putting every move or word on You-Tube!
Annie
@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
24 Sep 10
If he isn't abandoning his job to fly to Argentina with her on the taxpayer's dime, I don't care. I generally assume that a large number of our politicians are having affairs so I really don't care when one gets exposed. Republican politicians are the ones that tend to get more press over these issues simply because they have higher standards regarding morality.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
26 Sep 10
No, Taskr, Republicans don't "tend to get more press over these issues simply because they have higher standards regarding morality." If they get more press it's because it's the same people who were making the most noise over someone else's similar 'indiscretions" as calling for their heads on a platter. I don't condone infidelity but basically it's none of my damn business and it's strictly between the person and his or her spouse but when blatant hypocrisy enters the equation that changes things. John Ensign, David Vitter and especially Newt Gingrich come to mind. Newt even had the ba11s to say it didn't matter what he did in life but what he had to say!
If they can't keep it in their pants they should remember the old adage that goes, "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones", or however the exact words go!
No, gewcew, I don't think they really have such a higher standard of morality. I think immorality isn rampant in all walks of life and politics is simply on the same level as other high-profile, powerful positions. There are good and bad political figures when it comes to their private lives just like in every other field; the good guys just don't get much media attention.
Annie
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
25 Sep 10
I wish our society could get back to what it was when I was a child--public figures were expected to conduct themselves with honor and avoid scandal. They were admired and looked up to then and children had good examples in their actions. Now, thanks to our collective moral laxness, we all know there's nothing as low and immoral as the typical politician.
I don't care how they behave in private as long as they keep it private, although I would wish they they would live honorable lives.
