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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Posted by: Kevin McCullough at 1:35 PM

This story is getting splashed everywhere today...

Newt, Rudy, and McPain all want "personal lives" left unscrutinzed.

The personal lives of White House hopefuls is already an issue for some Republican hopefuls in the 2008 campaign.

It's prompted frontrunner Sen. John McCain to recently call for keeping candidates' personal lives private, which Gingrich agreed with on Tuesday.

McCain's comments came the same week that chief rival former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani asked for privacy as he deals with strained relationships with his children following two divorces.

McCain's remarks also came as Gingrich admitted to having an affair at the same time he was leading the effort to impeach President Clinton for allegations of perjury connected with the president's affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Gingrich and Giuliani have each been married three times. McCain is divorced and has a second wife.

I'm not so much arguing that we need to be in their bedrooms with lights, camera, action every minute - like some sort of twisted MTV reality show. But I don't like the generally hypocrtical way America will see this plea for privacy.

Bill Clinton deserved to be scrutinized. His behavior (supposedly in private) put the nation's security at risk. He also ended up committing felonies.

Since the dirt of these men's lives IS going to be examined. They would be better off demonstrating that they are no longer the men they once were - as opposed to making these waste of time statements about how this part or that part of their lives should be "off limits."

It's not like we're hiring them for the night shift manager at McDonalds. And if the FBI and the CIA scrutinize the private lives of the people they hire to handle the most sensitive missions of all - and they do. Then why shouldn't we have the opportunity to demand proof of character when examining the candidates before us who want the most important job on the planet?

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Virginia Patriot writes:	Wednesday, March, 21, 2007 11:51 PM
Hunter 2008
Republican voters still get to decide who their nominee will be. Money only buys elections when people act like sheep. If 80% of Republicans are indeed seeking a conservative, we can nominate one. We can nominate Duncan Hunter. The money players won't like it and are trying to convince us only Rudy, Romney, or McCain can win. Hogwash. 49% of people will never vote for Hillary. Only 60% voted last time and turnout was the difference. My belief is Rudy would push turnout down. There might even be a third party, splitting the vote. Give Americans a chance to vote for a candidate who WILL secure the border and watch what happens to turnout. Americans want their government to fulfill it's most basic responsibility. The primary responsibility of the U.S. government is to protect the territorial integrity and people of this country. They have completely abdicated this responsibility. Both parties have been complicit in this. We are being told it is not possible to control our borders, enforce our laws, and thereby control our destiny as a nation. Hogwash. We are being sold out by corporations intent on importing workers for jobs that can't be exported with the taxpayers paying the true costs, financial and human. If we act like sheep and don't stop the inundation across our borders, we will lose our country without a bleat. http://www.gohunter08.com
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