Monday, November 12, 2012

    General Petraeus had an extramarital affair. So what?
    President Clinton had at least two extramarital affairs while in office (Lewinsky and Jones). Some of the sexual acts were performed in the Oval Office.
    President Clinton never resigned.
    President Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. He was not removed from office. There was no charge involving an extramarital affair or sexual misconduct.
    While it does not speak well of Gen. Petraeus' character to have been involved in an extramarital affair, it does not appear to have affected his job performance or have had any effect on blackmail related to his job. However, his resignation does support his character flaw. It is clear that he has a character flaw in morality, but he has two instances of poor judgment. The first was being involved in an extramarital affair and the second was to have resigned because of it.

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