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Separation of Personal Life and Duty
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What is it which demands people who can do their job perfectly well, yet the moment there's a "scandal" that person is suddenly unfit to do their job the moment the public finds out.
(this is primarily an American phenomenon, for instance the French had elected a president a few years ago midst an affair)
Nah man, they're just spreading Freedom and Democracy...
It's sad that it works this way. For once, we get a decent president, Clinton, and BOOM out of Washington because of his personal life. I don't care if the president adds a goddamn harem to the white house, long as he's a good elected official.
Actually, Clinton was impeached for perjury, not his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Still, I definitely agree that people these days pay a lot of unnecessary attention to the president's personal life.
True that, he couldn't have been impeached for the affair; yet the public outrage which would've followed pretty much forced his hand in that regard methinks.