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Don't lie to me about sex in a sexual relationship.
Don't lie to me about politics in a political relationship.

I'm still happy with my political relationship with our Mayor. Sam will do good things for Portland if we can just scold, forgive, and get over this.

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To the parent concerned about setting examples about lying:

Do you want the example set for your daughter to be that you will get punished for apologizing?

Yes, parents (and everyone) want people to "come clean" after a lie, and yes, parents will punish infractions even after an admission, but there has to be some recognition that confessing partially redeems the lie. Trust is regained after the apology. That's the point. Otherwise the lesson for everyone is continue to "dodge" at all costs.

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Our society needs to get over this obsession with the sexual lives of politicians. From Monica & Bill (ok, he lied, but, aside from his wife, who
cares?) to Larry in the bathroom (soliciting free, consentual sex is not illegal. Call me when he's actually *engaged* in "public indecency"), we seek unnecessary public retribution for private acts.

Are we really willing to try to oust every CEO who had sex with his secretary? If not, please stop picking on effective politicians. JFK had affairs, and he wasn't the first or last President to do so (though arguably the best beloved). Larry was a good advocate for Idaho. Bill balanced the budget. Sam is going to fix our roads. Back off and let him do that.

You or I may not approve of their choice of sexual partners (or the pool from which they chose), but their sexual partners did, and as long as it was consentual it should stay out of our politics.

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