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Um, JFK begs to differ.

• sparky_z 10y ago
  "Most Americans" at the time had no idea about JFK's personal flaws in that regard. If they had, I can't imagine he would have reached the point of being nominated.
  • Aloha 10y ago
    The change is.. we know far more about our leaders than perhaps we should. No one is, has ever been, or will ever be, as saintly as our ideals require.
  • Houshalter 10y ago
    I don't think that's true actually. The media had a policy on not reporting on candidates infidelity. People didn't think it was relevant to politics and that it was a cheap way of attack. As far as I can tell reporting on and outrage over sex scandals has only become more popular over time. Our culture is much more sensitive to it now, instead of the reverse.
• bdamm 10y ago
  Quite the contrary. The affairs were mostly secret up to the point he was elected president, and he was only married once.