Politician in bed with lobbyists.... no, really.

[drone]

Is he a worse politician cause he spanked some girl?

While the sex factor makes it juicier, she is not "some girl", but a lobbyist. While we don't know this as a fact, he may have been exchanging legislative favors for sexual ones. Sort of an untraceable bribe.

Same with Clinton... Who cares!

The Clinton impeachment was technically about lying under oath, not sex. The fact that he was getting oral from a fat intern just made it too irresistible for the GOP attack machine to pass up. Personally, I think it ended up making the GOP look petty, and started their downfall. It was no real secret that Clinton was sleeping around. He's married to Hillary, it's totally understandable.

I, for me, do not cheat on my partner, never have, never will. However, what OTHERS do is not a concern of mine, unless it is my partner.

I have a few friends i know have cheated, both male and female. They are still my friends.

If you had a friend who cheated, would you dismiss him/her as friend?

If not, then how come you expect higher standards from your politicians than your friends? I, for one, am way more picky with who I choose as friend than I am about who I vote for.

That depends. Did your friends go on and on about "family values" and such? The hypocrisy factor is the reason Democrats can get away with infidelity and the conservative Republicans lose their political careers.

Truth be told, sex is such a big issue because it sells papers (or rather, generates site hits). I'd much prefer reporters to post more articles about influence peddling, bribery, and misuse of public funds.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

That depends. Did your friends go on and on about "family values" and such? The hypocrisy factor is the reason Democrats can get away with infidelity and the conservative Republicans lose their political careers.

That and the fact Republican electorates tend to disapprove of infidelity.

[Husar]

Why is sex such a big issue?

Why did you have so much of it and open threads about it?

If you had a friend who cheated, would you dismiss him/her as friend?

Depends a lot on why they did it and how they explained it.