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Cheating men = good leaders?
Race, Religion & Politics / 5:47 PM - Saturday February 04, 2012

Cheating men = good leaders?

I read a short article in "This Week" magazine about men who were known cheaters, but were great leaders. John Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhour, George Patton, Martin Luther King, and Bill Clinton were offered as examples of this.
Conversely, faithful husbands such as Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon were seen as less effective leaders.
So what do you think, does someones personal life affect their ability to lead or be effective? Would it bother you if a president was a great leader but cheated on his wife, maybe multiple times?

- Asked by hearmenow, A Guy Critical, Male, 56-65, Other Profession

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Bill Clinton? Cheater, yes. Good leader, nope.

- Response by A Hippie Chick, Female, 36-45

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They are more willing to take chances.

- Response by william45, A Career Man, Male, 46-55, Chicago, Teaching

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hmmm? It would bother me if my president was a known cheater, but not enough to change my vote or want him impeached.

- Response by wakeforester, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 36-45

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I hate cheating husbands! However cheating presidents has no realtion whatsoever with their capabability to lead a country.
Nixon was a religious man, and so was Carter, and Clinton was an extra smart well read capable president. It did bother me his many affairs, but the economic sitaution during his 2 terms did not bother me at all. It benefited me to no end!

- Response by argie, A Thinker, Female, Who Cares?, Boston, Who Cares?

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THE ones you listed WERE MORE than GREAT leaders...And as you stated they were 'CHEATS'!!! NO that is something between only the man (President) and his wife, not even his children...Now if they start telling GOV'T secrets then it becomes the NATION'S problem... I would use the phrase MULTI-TASKING!!! Smooth talkers, charismatic, GOOD SALESPEOPLE, any cheating married man is a good SALESMAN....

- Response by blucat, A Thinker, Female, 56-65, Executive

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I think that the majority of politicians are corrupted, without heart, mind & feelings...so the easiest thing for them to do is cheating...cheating ain't never acceptable, either male or female, it's wrong, when someone get's married, he/she shall be faithfaul to each other and forever...why it's ok for a man to cheat on a girl and it's not a ok for a girl to cheat on a man, that is humiliation...those who cheats will be cheated on...

- Response by tonymetal26, A Creative, Male, 26-28, Law Enforcement

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Hitler was a virgin...look how far he got.

- Response by usmc85, A Rebel, Male, 36-45, Other Profession

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Cheating shows bad character.

- Response by frenchkiss49, A Thinker, Female, 56-65, Tampa, Who Cares?

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