But at least I've explained away Packwood, Livingston, etc. ;-)

on 6/3/03 12:23 AM, Bryan Caplan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Steve Miller wrote:
> 
>> Maybe what angers voters is not the scandal, but hypocrisy.  Someone who is
>> perceived as "liberal" on social issues is less of a hypocrite for having an
>> affair than is someone who runs on a "family values" platform.
> 
> Gary Hart was a liberal in good standing, but he is the textbook case of
> a politician ruined by a scandal.  Clinton is probably a bigger
> hypocrite given his effort to co-opt the family values stuff.


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