91% of Americans feel having an affair is morally wrong according to a 2011 Gallup poll. The document then provides examples of past candidate scandals involving affairs and secret children throughout American history from the 1800s to 2012, with some candidates winning elections despite scandals and others failing. It concludes by briefly profiling the family backgrounds and values of 2012 Republican candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and incumbent President Barack Obama.
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2. 91% of Americans feel it is morally wrong to have an affair. Gallup, 2011
Maria Rodale, Huffington Post,
7/22/09
4. Candidate Scandals C Nothing New
1920 1800
1988 2012 C GF #1 is
C Monkey C Sexual C Girlfriend
friends wife
Business Misconduct was married
-Secret baby
Photo Allegations -Paid her
with GF #2
- FAIL - FAIL hubby hush $
-hush $
- FAIL
- WIN
1884 1850
1828 2008 C Admitted C Questions
C Married C Cheated about his
to fathering
wife before on ailing male
out-of-
she was wife roommate of
wedlock
divorced -Secret baby 15 years
baby
- WIN - FAIL - WIN
- WIN
5. MITT ROMNEY
? Mormon
RICK SANTORUM RON PAUL
? 44 year marriage
? 5 sons
? Roman Catholic ? Private about his
? Wife, Ann, has MS
? Married 21 years Christian beliefs
and surviving battle
? Wife, Karen, left ? Married Carol in
with breast cancer
nursing to stay 1957 C 55 years
? A moral responsibility
home ? 5 children
not to spend more
? 7 surviving children ? Medical Doctor
than we take in
? Champion of ? Restore America
Traditional Values Now
7. BARACK OBAMA
? Christian ? Interracial family background
? Married since 1992 ? Multi-Cultural extended family
? 2 daughters ? Noted on all sides for exemplifying
? Wife, Michelle, maintained strong family values
professional career after ? Calling for American Values
marriage
Editor's Notes
Changing face of family values still maintain a moral focus. Right versus Wrong.1998 Harris Poll, 52% of women and 42% of men said that family values are loving, taking care of and supporting each other. Conservatives - 1992 Dan Quayle v Murphy BrownLiberal C social programming
Media scrutiny allows us to know WHO the candidate really is.Once in office, scandal has a different impact. On campaign trail it will make or break you, especially in primaries.
Media scrutiny allows us to know WHO the candidate really is.Once in office, scandal has a different impact. On campaign trail it will make or break you, especially in primaries.
Peaceful bunch.
#1. Jackie - HS Geometry teacher, started when he was 16, 7 years older, supported him. Uterine cancer.#2. Marianne C Open marriage? Separated and reunited, diagnosed with MS#3. Callista C 23 years younger, House staffer C from WI