  Okay. let me say before I get started here,  I'm not endorsing this Republican. nbsp;  I can't stand Republicans and all of their " Compassionate Conservative"  bullshit.  That being said. have you heard about Jack Ryan,
 former Republican candidate for the Illionois U. S.  Senate race?
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 Check out the article here:  urlLink http: www. cnn. com/ 2004/ ALLPOLITICS/ 06/ 25/ il. ryan/  &
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and be as annoyed as I am,  PLEASE!  I am damn tired of this country's obsession with the bed partners of our political leaders.
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 I don't care who the president is screwing as long as it's not me.
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 And it's not.
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 Never has been.
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 And it is not you or the other&
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290 some-
odd million people who live in this country.
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 And even if it were,  it doesn't affect their ability to lead or make intelligent decisions.
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 I don't vote for a candidate based on what I think about his or her sex life and neither should you.
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 It flat out doesn't matter.
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 What matters is where a candidate stands on issues important to you and what he or she can do to make your life as an American citizen better.
 We don't pay these people for what they do in their personal lives,  we pay them for what they do professionally.
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 So,  as long as your Senator isn't charging his afternoon with a prostitute to the American people,  why do you&
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care?
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 Why do we spend so much time discussing " character issues"  instead of things that truly matter in this world?
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 I've known a great many kind,  intelligent&
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and thoughtful human beings with questionable bedroom ethics. haven't you?
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 Our&
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leaders&
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have to answer to the people for decisions made regarding public policies,  but what goes on in their personal lives,  on the time they spend living the lives to which they are entitled isn't my business and it's not yours either.
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