Would you let THIS guy be the next President of the United States?
A guy who routinely challenged church authority and argued with it's hierarchy--at one point even getting into a physical confrontation with those doing business there?
Someone who routinely hung out with the lowest dregs of society--tax collectors, prostitutes, the lame and the halt?
A man who remained unmarried all of his life, yet was often seen in the company of a pack of men who followed him everywhere, even to weddings and social events?
I think you know where I'm going with this.
Trust me, I'm not hear to advocate anyone's candidacy--I don't do that sort of thing, plus, I think choosing favorites 21 months before we vote is foolhardy. Too much can happen.
That said, I'm amazed at those who are automatically dismissing Rudolph Giuliani's effort simply because he has two divorces on his resume. One conservative was quoted on one of the network newscasts Monday night as saying, in so many words, that a man who can't keep his marital vows can't be trusted to maintain the Presidential Oath of Office.
Booshwa.
Look around your workplace, neighborhood or apartment complex and count the number of people with a split marriage or two on their record...I'm guessing it's a good sized number, even among those in your group who you'd consider good, honest, ethical, religious people.
As for Giuliani, it's not so much the divorces that'll cripple his bid--it's the way his marriages flamed out. In one case, he started befriending one of his nurses who'd treated him after prostate surgery. One of his soon-to-be ex-wives heard that she was on the way out via news conference. Sloppy. Real sloppy.
To read more about Giuliani's life...good and bad, go here:
I remember talking with friends in the 80's, wondering aloud who'd be deemed a viable Presidential candidate considering what the future leaders of the Free World might've done, ate, smoked, or inhaled during their college days in the 60's and 70's. Little did we think that marital record would be in such play in the 21st century.
What, then, of Hillary Rodham Clinton--a woman who stayed with her husband despite one of the most public marital indiscretions in the history of the free world? Should THAT be in play? Is she a hero for standing by her man, or an opportunist for not throwing the philander overboard just to make sure a divorce doesn't taint her record?
And to think...just 21 more months to go.
3 comments:
Interesting commentary. I can't believe that we are in for 21 months of election. By the time the election comes, we will have reached saturation and will be turned off. What then of the political process??
I agree, very interesting way to look at it.
I hope it's ok that I link to this post from my own blog. Let me know!
Angela Marie:
Link away. Thanks for the comments.
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