Comments on: Family values

By: slg

slg — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:51:31 +0000

Interesting chart I must say. Gingrich and Guiliani “cheated” – not only cheated but were both cruel about it. Gingrich told his wife he wanted a divorce when she was in hospital with cancer. Guiliani flaunted his affair in public while still married and living with his last wife…..

Divorce is one thing – but how you handle your affairs and divorces speaks volumes to me.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:36:22 +0000

I suspect when a special prosecution with unlimited funds spends millions of dollars for a decade and finds no criminal or financial impropriety that not guilty might really mean not guilty. Hillary is a party player and does not seem to me, a Democrat, to represent the US population well. I hope to see Barack beat the Republican in the general election, but will not be surprised if Democrats nominate another losing candidate. We seem to like losing candiates almost as much as the Greens.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:30:36 +0000

McCain is not likely to get the hypocrite label. His negatives seem to come from going along with failed or unpopular policies. I am a Democrat that started with a high opinion of John McCain but it has been lower each year this century. I do not doubt his heart, I doubt his judgement.

By: digg it

digg it — Mon, 28 May 2007 00:55:36 +0000

Ron Paul 08′. Change our fate.

By: tyler

tyler — Sat, 26 May 2007 03:57:50 +0000

yes but both giuliani and gingrich have been married 3 times, I don’t think that 2 marriages were within 10 years. I do admit they should have third category of years in current marriage, I think that mccain has been married to the same person now for a significant amount of time.

By: Drewmocracy » Republican Family Values

Drewmocracy » Republican Family Values — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:00:21 +0000

[...] like to talk big about “family values.” This table shows that by their standards, the current crop of Democratic presidential contenders are a much [...]

By: Fidelity in Mariage

Fidelity in Mariage — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:51:40 +0000

Because RP is an idiot and an obstructionist blame America “9/11 truther, and is too stupid to even be in the same room with these fools (and that is insulting to the rest of the canidates not RP)

By: Fidelity in Mariage

Fidelity in Mariage — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:48:11 +0000

You know that a mans personal life makes no difference in his ability to run the highest office in the land, Bill Clinton proved that(and I would have more faith in hillary if she had the stones to dump her cheating man )so why should I care one whit about this…..

Further more
Clinton
Obama
didn’t have the fortitude (they both abstained as well as Mc’lame) to make a decision on the amnesty plan in the Senate how can they be trusted to make the hard decision in the WH….

By: Karroog

Karroog — Wed, 23 May 2007 18:00:49 +0000

Why isn’t ron Paul up there?

Marriages – 1
Divorces – 0

Not sure either of their ages.

By: Glen Heiman

Glen Heiman — Wed, 23 May 2007 13:04:59 +0000

You can ask Vince Foster about that one. Oh, I forgot, he conveniently died of an alleged suicide under mysterious circumstances.

Heiman

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Wed, 23 May 2007 07:05:52 +0000

Well,
I don’t talk about the Clinton or anyone else specifically. Just said an additional colum would be interesting.

By: NP

NP — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:32:26 +0000

I can’t see the tables. IE bombs out and Firefox shows nothing.

By: John Sinteur

John Sinteur — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:06:42 +0000

all in good fun

By: Maarten

Maarten — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:59:05 +0000

The ypm figure is an average. It’s meaningless and useless. Come on.

By: Murray State » Family Values?

Murray State » Family Values? — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:57:45 +0000

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By: Dr. Trocar

Dr. Trocar — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:45:08 +0000

Understand one divorce, everyone is entitled to make a mistake. But I draw the line on more than one. Expect me to vote for a person who can’t run their PRIVATE lives, to run the country? Forget it!!

By: Frederik

Frederik — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:10:28 +0000

Very funny in that the only Republican candidate not to have multiple marriages is the Mormon

By: greg

greg — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:01:12 +0000

The “Clinton” on the list is Hillary. I don’t think she has been accused of cheating. . . . maybe of being too faithful, though.

By: John Sinteur

John Sinteur — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:17:39 +0000

since the “years per marriage” in the repub graph is way above 10 years, I think you should already see the effects already, if age were a factor.

By: Maarten

Maarten — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:26:59 +0000

Scientifically seen, there’s a problem with the data: the Democrats are on average 10 years younger. It may well be that the divorces happen at a later age, and that by age 63 the Democrats have just as many divorces as Republicans.

(Note that I am not making any statement about the political or ethical implications, especially in view of candidates’ rhetoric.)

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Tue, 22 May 2007 10:58:38 +0000

On more column would be useful though: number of times they cheated on their wives.
Would make it a bit more interesting I think.

By: John

John — Mon, 21 May 2007 12:43:30 +0000

That first table needs to appear on the front page of some prominent US papers! It is about time these right wing politicians were exposed for the hypocrites that they are.