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Originally Posted by Geewiz
First - we have become too hypocritical about this issue. People are people and they have failings. We live in a 24/7 media culture that makes a great deal of cash from dwelling on this stuff. Ike had his affair, JFK has his affairs, FDR, RFK Hoover and his dresses...blah - blah - blah. Guys are dogs...my guess is that more than a few women are as well.
Two - what the heck is FBI doing investigating the CIA director and then slipping info to Eric Cantor? 1. FBI and CIA hate each other....their mandate permits a certain amount of overlap and funding and staffing follow success.. 2. We have one girl accuse another girl of harassing e-mails....how is this an FBI issue? This is a local police matter. It they believe it involves national security it's the local police's job to contact FBI,,,not some connected family. Let's make it personal...if someone connected wants you investigated by FBI where are your protections? The bottom line - none - nada...welcome to becoming a Federal target...and guess what...the Feds will kill you just based on resources. 3. Eric Cantor...why is he involved (and this was thrust on him - there is no evidence out there that he did anything wrong)? This whole thing stinks. And don't go into easy political motivations. The CIA director was not a dem and his relationship with O was testy. FBI belongs to Holder. Still, my guess is that the internal politics are at a lower level. Whether you are liberal or conservative...criminal investigations shouldn't be leaked to politicians...especially when it turns out that no crime was committed The FBI agent behind this needs to put his shirt back on and start looking for a new job.
Lastly, is Tampa really the new South Beach? Time to party with the brass and their babes.
I hope while this post touched on the inherent politics of this...I tried to avoid it being partisan. For me the bad guy is the FBI agent who tried to make it political in between e-mailing pics of his pecs.
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I totally agree with you pointing out the hypocrisy of this country. These men (and women) are mortals. We have no idea what their relationship with their spouses is like. When someone has a position of power or fame there will always be people trying to get close to them. It's easy to say that you would not fall, that you would always take the high ground and never, ever do anything immoral but the reality is, as humans we are all capable of doing anything under the right circumstances. We have TV shows dedicated to cheating and newsstands are full of magazines talking about who is dating who on the side. We hold some people to higher standards and then can't understand when they don't maintain them.
I can say with all of my heart that I would never cheat on my husband...well..if Mark Harmon called...........(just kidding!)