Originally Posted by
Jack-O-Lantern
I think a lot of it is the way he looked directly into the eyes of America, as it were, and said "I did NOT have sexual relations with that woman." It was just such a blatant lie, many people have never really forgotten it. Plus, let's face it, shouldn't the Commander-In-Chief have enough decorum, for God's sake, to keep it in his pants long enough to carry out his term? I mean, I wouldn't necessarily want to sleep with Hillary either, but that's another story.
Also, please please be aware that many of us did not and do not worship at the Kennedy altar. I was a baby during his tenure, but according to my folks people then were NOT aware of his sexual proclivities or his abuses of power, when it came to women, at that time. JFK was a slimy dude when it came to women, and so was Bobby for that matter (see: Marilyn Monroe in both cases), and as for Ted, one of his flings never made it back over the Chapaquiddick bridge (alive anyway).
Maybe I'm naive, I just expect more from those in public service. And when they DO fuck up, I expect them to come clean (as it were) about it, not lie and lie again and then compound the lies.
I'm not going to vote for Hillary, but not because her husband got a blow job in the oval office from a young intern--if anything, she deserves praise for how she handled that whole mess.