However, I believe that Great Men can still be great even if they cheated. What’s the big deal?
Napoleon had many mistresses. So what?
I really don’t care if Bill Clinton cheated because he’s a liberal so he’s perfectly entitled to have extramarital affairs, if he wishes. It’s none of our business.
I enjoy more the salacious stories about conservative men who cheat — people like Larry Craig and Newt Gingrich.
John Boehner might want to have sex with a hot woman other than his wife. But he can’t because of his position. So he lives in frustration and denial.
I personally don’t like the word “cheat” because it implies something bad. For all we know, Hillary couldn’t care less who Bill sleeps with. But our society is just hypocritical about such matters. The French are much more well-adjusted.
Sarkozy is pretty ugly, but he’s powerful. Carla Bruni is beautiful and she married him because of that and she admitted it. It’s been a good marriage for both of them. All the more power to them.[/quote]
The issue that demotes them from Great Man status is not the cheating, per se; it’s the hypocrisy attached to the act. (And I agree – I don’t like the word “cheating”, but it’s the common term applied to the act, so…. I also don’t like the term “fake” when applied to breast implants – I prefer “enhanced” – but I digress…)
If a man or woman wants to have affairs, that’s fine with me. But don’t hold yourself up in the court of public opinion as someone who’s holier-than-thou. Which is exactly what all of these jackasses do. Just acknowledge your “foibles” – for lack of a better word – and move on from there.
