Many great men in history have had affairs

[BlueStater]

Martin Luther King Jr., the Kennedys, etc.

I could give a shit less what Edwards does with his penis. It's the appalling lack of common sense he displayed that bothers me.

[tridim]

1. Lots of average men have had affairs too

I'd almost be willing to bet MOST average men have had affairs.

I'm not married, so I can't have them. :)

[MercutioATC]

2. I said it about Clinton and I'll say it again.

I don't care who my President (or Senator) is fucking as long as it's not me.

[Fleshdancer]

3. and many great women who helped them succeed were harmed by it.

Intelligence, vision and charisma does not give you a license to harm the people who love you.

[BlueStater]

6. I don't know.

I'll have to wait to see the role Elizabeth played (what see knew) before I pass further judgment.

[Fleshdancer]

10. as in how? like an open marriage type of agreement?

??

[mcctatas]

4. and many women have had affairs (great and otherwise)....

so have many complete assholes. The one common characteristic that defines them all is the fact that they are human...

[arthritisR_US]

7. and weak...pathetically weak. n/t

[arthritisR_US]

5. MLK and JFK were not espousing marriage as being only being between

a "man and a woman"...his hypocrisy is one thing and then, cheating on his wife in the medical condition she's in, which was not the case with either of the aforementioned... that's the ultimate.

[NightWatcher]

8. how bout a shout out for those of us who can keep it in our pants?

[janx]

9. And many not-so-great men in history have had affairs....

:rofl:

[BlueStater]

12. Of course.

But I bet it wasn't because they had affairs that made them lousy human beings.

[janx]

14. No, they lacked a certain component of humantiy

that rendered them lousy human beings.

[Joe Chi Minh]

11. It's almost a rule. Lloyd George in the UK was another example; and

wasn't Nelson Mandela a womaniser? Or have I got that wrong?

It's a very, very wordly profession and very stressful, and does not attract mature people. They have to grow into it, if they are essentially good people, however erratically.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. So, have a lot of great women.

Emma Goldman
George Sand
Dorothy Parker
Lillian Hellman
Katherine Hepburn
Joan Baez
Cleopatra
Ann Boleyn
The "virgin" Mary

To name just a very few.