Hillary Clinton and her husband's sexual offenses

HILLARY CLINTON AND HER HUSBAND'S SEXUAL OFFENSES

I see that a prominent Republican has said the party should avoid bringing up Clinton's sex scandal should Hillary be the Democrat's nominee for President.  That would be good advice.

Let me first say that, while I would agree that a man or woman's sexual behavior has little to do with their ability to serve effectively in public office, and while I thought the impeachment effort was just politics, I nevertheless was very much offended by Clinton's behavior.  It was just a gross ego trip by a man in power demeaning an ambitious but silly girl unable to keep her mouth shut (in more ways than one).

Follow that by the public, carefully coached, lie on TV, "I did not have sex with that woman" accompanied by emphatic gestures.  Then when it became clear that this was a lie the hypocritical effort to say that what happened was not really "sex."  Disgusting performance -- so much so that no matter how great a President Clinton may in history be judged, he will never be seen as a great man.

Now we have his wife a likely nominee for President.  Her performance during the episode seems to me to have been acceptable, whether or not she was aware of his womanizing.  Women, especially those married to public figures, need to be seen to be loyal and to support him, and to keep their problems private.

There are other things in her career that are fair targets, but not this one.