It seems that two different sets of filters are being used to judge the candidates.
I think that says a lot about how muddied some people's values have become. It is obvious that there is bias in the media. Not to admit there is a high degree of subjectivity in the media coverage is to fool ourselves.
And I think it is hypocritical to judge Mr. Trump on the basis of comments surreptitiously recorded eleven years ago as if no man ever demonstrated some degree of brain-dead and clueless behavior regarding women. Most have said worst things.
We need to agree on a common set of standards that apply to both candidates.
We have a problem in America deciding how men are permitted to relate to women and how to deal with our sexuality. We do not deal honestly with these issues. We do not accept the fact that we are sexual beings. God gave us this awesome power to share with our marriage partners. It is part of the foundation of a great marriage.
We have gone through a tumultuous period in the last two or three decades of re-defining the role models that are expected of men and women. None of us are perfect. Until proven otherwise, I say Mr. Trump's remarks were the result of a somewhat immature appreciation of God's true purpose in giving human beings this awesome power to share with their mate.
Even now there are massage parlors all over the US which are frequented by someone or they would not be in business. Why do we have these places if everyone has such a healthy concept of a healthy sex life between men and women? Until we put all the cards on the table, we will not be dealing honestly with these issues.
Madame Clinton is no paragon of virtue either. She has just been able to brush a lot of things under the carpet. For some reason we do not question the highly irregular nature of her relationship to her husband. We do not usually inquire about the private sexual lives of our leaders. We believe it should not be germane to the issue of who will be the commander-in-chief. Most of us regard it as the most intimate and personal part of marriage relationship. Probably as the song, "I'm just an Okie from Mistokie", says "we don't make a party out of lovin'.
But I just wonder if we have the right to judge Mr. Trump by one set of elevated standards, and by insinuation, condemn him, but we do not question why or how Mrs. Clinton has maintained a marriage in which the husband has obviously sought out a multitude of partners. Possibly that is all his problem, but something does not seem right about a marriage in name only. Is Mrs. Clinton's example of a healthy marriage the one which should be emulated or Mr. Trump's monogamy?
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If we keep comments to the point and try to talk with respect, I think we will all get closer to our mutual goal of a united America. ( Unless you prefer a Russian or Chinese form of government, which is what we are going to get if we cannot get our act together as One Nation.)
We are great when we know we sometimes differ in our outlook but we all value America more than anywhere else in the world that cannot tolerate any differences of opinion. We get to wisdom when we listen to each other with respect.