[af_vet_rr]

You know what, since you said you had concerns about Giuliani, I want to ask you three simple questions, because I'm very curious about your opinion (well two yes/no and one short essay :-) ).

#1 Do you think it's okay that he cheated on his wife - I'm well aware of what he said when he admitted to cheating on her, but I'm only asking you if you think it's okay - a simple yes or no.

#2 Do you think it's okay that he tried to cover up the cheating by moving the expenses around to various departments that had little to nothing to do with his security detail - again, a simple yes/no.

#3 If you read this story, and it was about Bill Clinton and him doing something similar in Arkansas instead of the Mayor of NYC, what would you be saying right now.

[Ramius]

OK... fair enough:

#1. No, it’s not OK. Does it disqualify him from the Presidency? No. I don’t really care that much. It’s a negative, but a small one.

#2. I don’t quite accept the premise. Need more info. I don’t see that anything was all that “hidden”, and none of the charges seem all that out of line.

#3. If it were Bill Clinton, I’d say what I said then when it was Bill Clinton. I don’t really care. I only really cared about his affairs when he was doing it in the Oval Office. That’s my business because it’s a huge security and blackmail risk.

That said, there’s light years of difference between the kind of sleazeball that Clinton is, and the affair that Rudy had. Really... Nobody in NYC *didn’t* know that his marriage was all but over and that they rarely even spoke to each other any more. That he was seeing someone else was hardly a secret let alone a surprise. Should he have gotten the divorce first? Yes. That would’ve been better, but it was slow documentation of a forgone marriage.

Bill is just a sleazy poon-hound. He’s chasing skirts whenever anybody isn’t looking. Or maybe even when they are. Different critter, that.