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SD Anderson (102250.1425@compuserve.com) wrote:
: justin@cjteam.com (justin) wrote in message news:<886c066.0208080718.508c8@posting.google.com>...

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: > See, the problem is, you think you can
: > honestly separate a man's personal character from his political
: > actions.  Yet you cannot.  If a congressman is a sleazy bastard in his
: > personal life, he is likely to be a sleazy businessman or congressman.

:    You seem able to separate Cheney's business dealings from his
: personality.

     I think that kind of misses the point.  What has sleeping
around got to do with treason?  Why not say that anybody who
double parks or spits on the sidewalk is ineligible for public
office because who knows what that kind of a sleazeball would do
given the opportunity?  I see no reason whatever to think that
a person who has an affair is more or less likely to commit a
crime than someone who has not.
     Do you have any reason for so thinking except dislike for the
person who has an affair?

: > If he has no morals, and will sleep with someone else, why wouldn't he
: > sell secrets to the chinese or take money under the table from special
: > interest groups? That's the point.  Perhaps, and sadly, there is a
: > difference in the eyes of the law.  But there is no difference morally
: > and frankly, I'm glad to see Condit's political career ruined by this.
: >  He brought it upon himself.

:    There are consequences.  It's unreasonable to expect the girl
: you're having an affair with will be murdered.  Even less reasonable
: to expect the girl would be killed under conditions that would tie you
: to it.

:    The expected consequences of having an affair with a consenting
: adult were much smaller than that.

:    The expected consequences of trying to sell secrets to a foriegn
: power are...
: JUST A WHOLE LOT GREATER.  Besides, Congressmen generally don't have
: access to the technical DETAILS espionage agents want.

     Again I think this misses the point.  If you have some rational
reason to believe that a person who has an affair, or who double 
parks or speeds or spits on the sidewalk, is more likely to be
unpatriotic or treasonous, I would like to hear it.