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In comparison with Willie Jeff and Senator Menendez, I would say that Sanford's trangression was fairly mild.

Sanford's problem is between God, his wife and his family.

Maybe some here cannot forgive him, but before his personal failing, he was a pretty good conservate...even touted as a "rising star in the Republican party".

The problem here is that the R's get on their moral high horse and destroy candidates who otherwise would do a better "political" job than their D opponent.

Todd Aiken was destroyed for a dumb ass statement he made, apologized, but it was too late...and now we are stuck with Claire McCaskill for at least 6 more years.

Government these days is not church. It is populated with reprobates, all kinds of crooks, adulterers, womanizers, embezzlers, liers, and maybe worse.

I have given up on the majority of members of Congress being honorable, dignified people. I will take their personal failures if they will support maximum freedom for the rest of us.

I see that Sanford's D opponent is Steven Colberts sister, a liberal...She may be as pure as the driven snow...

...but she absolutely is not in favor of max freedom for the rest of us.

So I would have to go with Sanford with all his warts....but that's just me...

It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the ONLY three leading candidates.

Candidate A - Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He’s had two Mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B - He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C - He is a decorated war hero. He’s a vegetarian, doesn’t smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be your choice?

I know what you are trying to say but there is more to the Sanford fiasco than that.

First, let me say that on most policy issues that I probably agree with Sanford. The big problem I have with Sanford is that he left the country, told no one (including aides) where he was at going and the Appalachian Trail wasn't it. I equate this to abandoning your post or going AWOL. Then there was the whole press conference incident where he had his “wife” there and then proclaimed his love for his true soul-mate (not his wife). He's definitely full of himself.

I know people aren't perfect but as long as he's “our philanderer” who hangs everyone out to dry, I guess it's OK to vote for him.

I have given up on the majority of members of Congress being honorable, dignified people. I will take their personal failures if they will support maximum freedom for the rest of us.

I can understand that, considering that the generation of politcians from hereout will be children of Sixties and later-there will be hardly any who aren't going to be products of that time with all that comes with it-I just don't see how we can ever so naively trust them now to have integrity on policies when integrity in their personal lives or financial dealings means so little. I mean, look at how many flip-flop on issues, just days after they make statements vowing to fight for the conservative stance. It's just that easy for them. How can they be trusted? And that lack of integrity seems to make them more easily pressured, bought off, etc. Look at the "conservative" governors flip-flopping on Obamacare, Republican Congressmen caving on sodomites in the military. And they are champing at the bit to pass amnesty, and they never let it go, no matter how many times conservative rank and file quash them for a period.