Political Sex Scandals

Political sex scandals have been around a long time. At the Presidential level, the State level, and of course the Local Level. They go from Thomas Jefferson, who had sex with his slave -- to Grover Cleveland, chastized for having an illegitimate child, to the sexual affairs of FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, and Bill Clinton along with rumors about current President Bush that escape media attention today for some reason.

So we have this occurrence with the Mayor of Detroit, Kwame M. Kilpatrick (The sex text scandal) and you quietly ask yourself takeaway the alleged perjury under oath, what did he really do wrong except for allegedly cheating on his wife. But wait a minute, didn't President Clinton take a oath and supposedly lied about an affair "I didn't have sexual relations with that woman" Are the men listed in this story any less great or there legacys ruined by the affairs they had while in office? How many current congressman would be out of office for all the wrong doings in Washington, D.C. right now relating to sexual behaviour?

But wait once again, another instance didn't Supreme Court Justice have an alleged affair with Anita Hill and went before Congress and stated that he had done no wrong, The Coke thing was a classic...LOL, But then again the late Mayor of Detroit, Coleman A Young had a suit brought against him for paternity with Ms. Annivory Calvert who at the time in 1989 was a former assistant director of the city's Department of Public Works. Why is the media so pressed about this issue when it nothing new. My understanding is that the media reports news, and should not become the news asking for the mayor to resign when nothing has been proven. So what role do we play, just the facts mom, just the facts. Nothing more, nothing less and let it play out based on facts not lynch style reporting just to make ratings during the newscast, or just maybe we should turn the tables and start reported and investigating the reporters and the news outlet that report these stories and report every little detail of there lives for others to judge. I know you are saying but we didn't elect them, true but we didn't give them the right to perform character assassination on anyone as well.

The question that's before us all is there a proper sexual standard to hold politicians? Does adultery matter? How about sexual harassment and payment for sex? Is it legitimate to invade a politician's "privacy" in this way? Does it affect their jobs? Should it? Is there a different standard for Republicans and Democrats? You make the call.