whould America elect a single or divorced candidate for President?

[pstokely]

?

[Ekaterina]

1. After the

crackpot, illegal and immoral misadministration we are currently suffering? I would vote for a barnyard animal with overt homosexual tendencies before I would ever consider casting one for the chimp.........

[SCantiGOP]

2. Reagan was divorced

and several bachelors have been elected, but not recently.
on edit: Reagan, who was "Mr Family Values," was the only heterosexual member of his family who was NOT divorced. Somehow, these things don't matter when it Republicans.

[dfong63]

9. eh?

Reagan, who was "Mr Family Values," was the only heterosexual member of his family who was NOT divorced.

eh? Ronald Reagan was married to Jane Wyman at one time, before he hooked up with Nancy Davis.

[havocmom]

3. Already has

Reagan for instance.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. It Would Be Hard For A Bachelor To Win

Maybe a widower.

[TheDonkey]

5. It's happened before

... It can happen again. As long as the canidate has strong things going for him or her. It would be a negative but not a scarlet letter or anything.

[TheDonkey]

6. It's happened before

sorry double post

[LWolf]

7. Why does marital status

have anything to do with the job? If my employer wanted to fire me because I'm now divorced, they'd have a lawsuit on their hands. What prospective employer would even ask if I were married?

It's amazing how us formerly married people can still manage to function professionally even if we don't have someone helping take care of things on the homefront.

[Against ME]

8. Marital status has no relevancy on who I elect,

and I would assume the rest of rational americans would feel the same, but we are a dying breed so who knows.

[dfong63]

11. marital status might be relevant

the president should be able to relate to the lives and needs of ordinary people. marriage and family are an important part of people's lives. one could even argue that going thru the experience of raising a family, should be a prerequisite for being president.

[ieoeja]

12. Ordinary people?

Since the majority of people who get married end up divorced, wouldn't a divorcee be more ordinary?

And as others have mentioned, Reagan was already the first such to be elected. We even had one "life-long bachelor" -- pseudonym for gay in that age -- president though I don't recall who at the moment.

[dfong63]

10. ralph nader never married

for what it's worth

[Pallas180]

13. Would he/she have 165 IQ? then why not

.

[kskiska]

14. James Buchanan was never married

and Grover Cleveland was single until he married (his young ward – imagine that today!) while in office (second non-consecutive term, I believe). Probably the biggest thing holding Nelson Rockefeller back was the fact that he was divorced and married to his second wife. Just a few years later, Reagan was elected. Go figure.

[DemBones DemBones]

16. Not only was Reagan divorced, he also got Nancy pregnant while

he was married to Jane Wyman. It's always so funny when people who fooled around become spokespersons for morality. Why don't the American people laugh such people off the stage?

(Yes, people can change, but it's hypocritical of them to pretend they were always pure and sober paragons of virtue. We should laugh at their hypocrisy.)

[mlawson]

15. Anyone bothered by that, would vote repuke anyway.

.

[MarianJack]

17. Single/Divorced Presidents

Grover Cleveland was not only single, but took responsibility for fathering a child out of wedlock. James Buchanan was single (some say gay). Reagan was divorced from his first wife and was the "family values" candidate against Jimmy Carter, who has been happily married since Christ was a child.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. And also

Woodrow Wilson was a widower who remarried while he was in the White House.

Gerald Ford had never been divorced, but Betty had.

Grover Cleveland was a bachelor in his 40s when elected, and he married his ward, who was all of 21.

According to one of Gore Vidal's American history novels, James Buchanan was gay. At least, his opponents referred to him informally as "Miss Nancy."

[Shakeydave]

19. Wouldn't bother me!

:hi:

[Starpass]

20. A good, sexy, tight bunned, hunk who was single......................

.....hmmmmmmm. No political ads. Just centerfold in the buff. Top that you skinny legged, crosseyed cowpoke....and stop dragging your fucking arms on the ground 'cause it's just so not-presidential.