As a human and “secular person” I believe ethics and moral integrity should dominate society. [How can we prosper if every man is doing what is right in his own eyes? If every man were doing what he thought was right or what felt good how could we have ANY laws against murder, terrirism, tax evasion etc... I see almost every law as moral law.]

back on point: I would not trust him if he laundered money or supported spies and terriorists, which is all part of ethics and integrity (not to mention against the law). However, the bottom line is ANY figure in an ELECTED position should be required to adhear to a high code of moral ethics because he represents “us.”
A word to the wise: if you have to sneak around to do what you want to do, then what your doing probably is not a good idea (unless it’s eating chocolate cake after midnight…nope probably not a good idea either!)

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I loved the last posting by Gregg where he states “Violating your sworn oath is NOT a “private matter.” I am in total agreement. Just think about it, oaths and vows are never private, they are made with witnesses. They make these statements publicly and therefore it is not a private matter.

Sure your “average Joe” will be able to keep his adulteress affairs a secret, at least for a time. But “Joe didn’t chose a life in the “public eye”. “Joe ” also is not soliciting my vote or my trust for a political seat. It would be difficult to trust anyone who could betray the trust of someone they had vowed to “love and be true (faithful) to, forsaking all others til death do us part”. If they could betray that trust, how could I believe they would be true to any promise they would give to me.

On a personal note, adultery is a sin and breaks the laws of God and of man. Why would I put my trust in someone who could so easily push those laws aside for what essentially is a momment of pleasure. How quickly would he/she be to trade away my trust in them for another such momment.

Sorry, got off point there. Basically these candidates have chosen to place their lives out there for scrutiny. I am not so naive to believe that any candidate would have a perfect life (only one perfect man has every walked this earth, Jesus Christ) but I do expect that they be a man/woman of integrity, loyalty and honesty. All three of these characteristics are violated with one such adulteress affair.

Private, I think not. The very fact they are running for political office and will guide this country or their state or cities etc… limits the realm of their private life. You want my trust, my vote, then tell me you smoked pot, had an adulteress affair, cheated on your taxes, lied about your military service record and the list goes on. I will applaud your honesty but as with those who committed these offenses in the past, you will not get my vote. Your judgement is skewd, but I will respect that you came clean.

“Let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule in the fear of God…If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted..”

If they agree with the statement my follow up would be if they considered adultury “principled” behavior.

I had no particular opinion of Spitzer before, other than that he appeared to be a little too aggressive and ambitious. Now, however, I would not trust him to be my town’s dog-catcher.

He has to go, as do any other politicians who think that they are above the law. If we are willing to lower our expectations of them, anarchy will result.

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