On Rudy Giuliani's recent trip to New Hampshire he gave a speech to a group of GOP true believers. Right off the bat he said something that was essentially untrue...or at least was intended to send a message different than the truth would. Rudy joshed to the audience that if you get cancer, "it's good to have a wife who is a nurse." His current wife, Judith is a nurse. However, when he had cancer, he was not married to Judith; Judith was his mistress. True, he did abandon family #2 (via press conference, no less) for her while he had cancer. But to suggest or imply that he was married to a nurse when he got cancer is a lie. Or perhaps he just meant, "if you get cancer and aren't married to a nurse, then it's a good thing to be cheating on your wife with someone who is and then dump her for the nurse.
Also, perhaps one of the Republicans at one of these events should pull Rudy aside and explain that Republicans believe in putting presidents under oath to ask them about the most sordid details of their private lives; specifically adultery. Surely they wouldn't consider nominating a man who has blatantly and unapologetically cheated on his wife? And one who now is giving an extramarital affair the same moral equivalency of an actual marriage just because it turned into a marriage?
The fact that Rudy is taken as seriously as he is even without announcing a run, is all you need to know about how seriously the majority of Republicans take adulterous behavior in their candidates. If a Democrat cheats, public dollars should be spent investigating it and he should be put under oath to be questioned about it. If he is guilty, then he lacks the "moral character" to be President. If it's a Republican and people like him, then well, what's three marriages and a few mistresses among friends?
Update: Thanks to all the emails from the conservatives that prove my point. "It was the lying under oath" that made Clinton so bad. "It happened in the Oval Office...that's totally different." So, adultery is actually only a character flaw if you do it in the Oval Office and if somehow you are under oath and asked about it. (Gracie Mansion doesn't count apparently, which is where Rudy carried on). At any rate, adulterers seeking the Republican nomination can all breathe a sigh of relief: as long as you never lie under oath about cheating on your wife, you are in good standing with many Republicans. And thanks also for the emails from conservatives acknowledging that there should be one standard for Republicans and Democrats and that adultery is adultery (it's bad even if you don't lie about it under oath or if you do it at the Motel 8 instead of the White House). Finally, for all you emailers who claim I "defended" Bill Clinton's cheating and lying about it, you need to brush up on your reading comprehension skills. I did no such thing; nor have I ever.
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