Get a grip, Americans...
Categories: Puritans and hypocrites
Concerning former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' admitted affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, monogamy is always a preferable lifestyle when a committed relationship or a marriage is at stake.
John Edwards has disappointed many who supported his candidacy, no doubt.
But in the final analysis, one must accept that Edwards is human and therefore subject to human frailties and foibles.
As this commentator wrote at the time of the Monica Lewinsky revelation that almost destroyed Bill Clinton, only in the United States is marital infidelity on the part of a public figure regarded as page one copy for months on end. Only in the United States is marital infidelity fitting grist for impeachment hearings and destruction of governments and public careers. Europeans, especially, have a more mature attitude about human sexuality and seem able to take such news in stride without becoming obsessive.
Too bad the damned Puritans weren't blown off course on their voyage to the New World. Their obsession with the essential naughtiness of sex has colored the American dialog and experience into the 21st Century.
Grow up and get a grip, Americans!
Posted by DGrantHaynes at 4:35 PM | Link | 0 comments
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