Adulterer Candidates: Giuliani, McCain, Gingrich
People have been talking about whether Republicans will nominate as a presidential candidate someone who has been divorced, as McCain, Gingrich, and Giuliani were, and as Reagan was. The case of Reagan is rather different, though— it seems that the impetus for that divorce came from his actress wife, who couldn’t stay married afterwards either. A better question to ask of McCain, Gingrich, and Giuliani is whether voters will go for an adulterer who abandoned a wife he had tired of. The details are sordid in all three cases. See here for some unverified but plausible information on McCain.
Why anybody thinks candidates with such disgusting backgrounds could or should win the votes of women is beyond me.
April 7th, 2007 at 12:30 am
What makes you think that a woman should reject a candidate with questionable character but a man should not? Do you propose that honest men in this country don’t care about the ability to hold a family together - only their wives do?