The Presidential candidate Herman Cain has been accused by Ginger White of having a 13 year long affair and she did an interview with a news station in Atlanta Georgia to tell her story. This editorial and interview can be found at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/herman-cain-reveals-a-woman-to-accuse-him-of-a-13-year-affair/2011/11/28/gIQAxnPu5N_blog.html. The problem with this is how much does this truly matter when it comes to running a country. Some people would say it has nothing to do with his ability to lead our nation while others may have the opinion of if he cannot be loyal to his wife how can he be loyal to his country. This goes a long way in politics. It all goes back to the Monica Lewinsky scandal, it was not enough to get him impeached So maybe our country isn't about old fashioned values anymore.
In my opinion if this "scandal" can be proven and it was a full blown affair that lasted 13 years I would not be inclined to vote for someone who put his career over his family. Because it seems that is excatly what happened. For a politicians career divorce hurts them, but a good family front helps them. He apparently cut this relationship off right before he began running in the Presidential race, which shows how important his work is versus his family.
What if none of this is even true and it leads all the voters astray from the vote they would have actually cast if this alleged scandal did not go public. The things that are leaked with out true evidence is what makes politics so cut throat and dramtic. However if it is true then it is important that the people know what kind of person they are voting for.
It seems that more and more as time goes by it is not the choice of good and evil but the lesser of the evils. It seems that the traditional values have gone out the window on all ends, the politicians, media, and the society that is voting. Society thrives on scandal and that is excatly what we get from politics these days.
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