[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Illumina Drathiran'ar: NOBODY should ask Clinton about Monica. Nobody should ask Kerry about that woman. NOBODY SHOULD CARE! It should NOT matter! No. We shouldn't care what people do in the bedroom. This extends from Monicagate to gay marriage. I realize that some people say, "By becoming a politician, these men put their private lives on public display." I'm saying it shouldn't be that way. Unless a 'transgression' has something to do with their leadership, or makes them a hypocrite, the public shouldn't care about the sex lives of public figures.

Why shouldn't the allegations against Clinton and Kerry matter? Both are married men (at least I think Kerry is married). That means that both mean presumably took vows to "forsake all other women". Clinton admitted to breaking those vows and Kerry is accused of doing the same (although the allegations against Kerry seem far less substantive). So that does make Clinton a hypocrite and could possibly make Kerry one also.

But if you say that current (or recent) allegations of sexual misconduct shouldn't matter, then I submit that an alleged discrepency in George Bush's service record from 3 decades ago also shouldn't matter. The National Guard gave him an Honorable Discharge. Technically, that should close the book on any allegations of him being AWOL.

However, all of that is really a moot point. MY point is that Michael Moore should subject liberals to the same microscopic inspection and satirical wit that he has used on the conservatives...but you ain't gonna see it happen.

Until Moore DOES treat BOTH sides of the political fence equally, he will not earn my respect.

One final note on Bush's supposed AWOL incident - I found documents back in the summer of 2002 that supported his claim that he was not AWOL when this issue first came up. I've searched the Archives, however, and cannot find the thread now. But I did find Sign-In and Payroll sheets that verified his location during the time in question. I assume it is the same documents he released to the press last week, but these documents were accessible on the web nearly 2 years ago, so it isn't like they were just created to quiet the current controversy.