(Hope this is in the right forum)

I was just thinking about the Sanford deal and how it effects his ability to hold office. We have come to find out that there were other girls as well. Cheating on your spouse is a huge betrayal of trust. This is done to someone in which they loved enough to marry. It's someone you spend your days with and have children and raise a family with. When they cheat on their spouse you are hurting a lot of people that are very close to you.

Here's the thing...if they (any politician) will betray the trust of their spouse what is to stop them from "cheating" on their voters? What is there to indicate that the will not do something underhanded with their office? A lot of us already know that politicians can't really be trusted. Is something like this a symptom of a pervasive problem of a lack of ethics among those who are suppose to serve? I don't know if getting caught cheating on you spouse should cause you to immediately resign from office but should they just not run when their time is up? Or would you still vote for them?

I'm a conservative and I would not vote for Sanford if he ran again.

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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw