[af_vet_rr]

Just like Reagan was unacceptable in 1980 because he was a divorced man.

I don't like Giuliani for many reasons, but I will point out that Giuliani's divorce did not occur because of the death of a child, unlike President Reagan's.

I'm not defending divorce, but I'm very cognizant of the fact that when a child dies, such as the case of President Reagan's daughter Christine, that all too often, the marriage does not survive (especially when you have somebody who clearly loved his children, as President Reagan did). I've seen first-hand what the death of a child can do to both relatives and friends. It's no surprise that President Reagan and his wife divorced within a year of their child's death (2 days after the one year anniversary of the birth and death of Christine).

Giuliani's reasons for divorce on the other hand...

[areafiftyone]

I don't like Giuliani for many reasons, but I will point out that Giuliani's divorce did not occur because of the death of a child, unlike President Reagan's.

The marriage between Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman was probably a difficult one because both were working on their acting careers and from their individual accomplishments during that period of time it would seem they didn't have a lot of time to devote to their marriage or each other.

This was the real reason for Reagan's Divorce. I'm not saying the death of the poor child that was born prematurely didn't help but basically they each had two separate movie careers that contributed BIG TIME to the divorce.

[medscribe]

Oh...so now we're examining "reasons" for divorce to judge whether or not a candidate is acceptable?!?

My point is that this knee-jerk reaction to anyone who doesn't adhere 1000% to the so-called conservative ideology will get us nowhere except permanent minority status. Judging by today's closed-mindedness on the part of some conservatives, most if not all of the previous GOP presidents would never have been able to make it out of the primaries.

And to your point of the Reagans' divorce, George and Barbara Bush also lost a child at a young age, yet they stayed together.