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« on: June 16, 2012, 04:49:07 AM »

Bill Clinton is a good politician.
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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2012, 09:49:29 AM »

But once again, none of Clinton's personal affairs had any impact on the way he governed, creepy as it may have been.  And when you compare it to the repulsive, dishonest ways everything was investigated and the very hypocrites who persecuted him for it, the scandal doesn't even measure up... at all.

I don't think it matters that the affair was unfairly investigated or that it didn't affect the way he governed it still doesn't change the fact that Clinton was not a man of integrity. The result I get when typing in "definition of integrity" into google is this: "The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.". Someone who had an affair with an intern behind his wife's back and then lied about it is clearly not one of those.

It may not matter to you that he had an affair, but that doesn't change the fact that it was not an honest or a moral thing to do, so by definition someone who did it lacks integrity.
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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2012, 11:58:35 AM »

Okay, he was merely a "president of integrity." Roll Eyes  I love these implications that I meant to say he is without flaw.

No one is saying that.

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When you talk about him being a man of integrity you are talking about the man as a whole not just his public life. I'm not going to say Clinton was a bad president from a policy point of view, he clearly did a lot of good things but his policies don't change who he was as a person, and as a person to do what he did clearly lack integrity. Also when the scandal happened is irrelevant.

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I would agree that with regards to his presidency the affair shouldn't be nearly as important as his actual policies but I don't think you'll see many people being excessively harsh to Clinton.

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