Regarding the Clinton scandal, Vitter siad Clinton was, "morally unift to govern." Should he adhere to the same moral standards as he said Clinton should?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/3212734
2007-07-20 03:23:32 · 13 answers · asked by El Duderino 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes, he should resign, just as Bill Clinton 'should have' resigned.
If a President says under oath that he didn't have sexual relations with that girl, and he did, how do you go on to trust him?
If a Senator goes on to run on family values, and accuse a President of being morally unfit, all while paying hookers for sex, how do you go on to trust him?
You have to look at the potential for blackmail as well. This is a government official who is now in a precarious position due to his sexual conduct. It's not a spot a leader should be in.
You know what your mom said all along- '2 wrongs don't make a right'. It was wrong then, it is wrong now. And would it be such a bad thing if we lost 95% of our Congress- you know, that one with the whopping 14% approval rating.
Clear them all out- D, R, and even I - it's not left vs right, it's right vs wrong.
2007-07-20 03:37:45 · answer #1 · answered by al66888 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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And the Bush Administration has become only the second in history (Reagan’s being the first) to have high-ranking White House officials convicted of committing felony crimes from inside the Oval Office.
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Vitter has no morality so you cannot expect him to behave like a human being. However, his political run is over. Even, Conservatives have a limit on how much hypocrisy they will tolerate.
2007-07-20 10:38:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If every "morally unfit" politician resigned we would not have anyone working in any of the 3 branches of government.
2007-07-20 10:36:56 · answer #3 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Clinton did not resign. What you will notice in the Vitter case is that he owned up to his affair of 8 yrs ago, sought counseling and so on- he did not play games like Clinton. However you will still notice that the majority of republican leaning pundits say he should step down at the end of his term or prior. You sure didnt see democrat pundits saying that about Clinton. BTW I supported clinton back in 1992, he lost me on his own accord.
2007-07-20 10:34:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
If you start having politicians resign on this, then it will be a ghost town. How about Murtha, Pelosi, Clinton, Jefferson and Fienstien leading the pack out of town for lack of morals.
2007-07-20 10:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Unfortunately, yes. He should resign. I don't approve of hypocrites, no matter what side of the aisle they are on, and I am sick of morally bankrupt politicians.
2007-07-20 10:39:56 · answer #6 · answered by Rich people employ me 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Heck, if that's a reason to resign from Congress, 95% of Congress would be out of office.
Lsi-----If hypocracy was a reason to resign from Congress, 100% of Congress would be gone!
2007-07-20 10:30:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
William Jefferson Clinton has become only the second president in the history of the United States to be impeached.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/clinton_under_fire/latest_news/238784.stm
Clinton did not resign!
2007-07-20 10:27:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
He shouldn't be so hard on himself, heck, lots of guys that go around talking about family values to get votes sleep with hookers, ok, um, maybe not...
2007-07-20 10:28:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
yes. i have previously said he shouldn't, based on similar cases (barney frank), but now having read this, he should not be a hypocrite.
2007-07-20 10:36:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋