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I came across this article at the Pensito Review talking about Chelsea Clinton getting asked once again about her father’s infidelities. The author brings up a couple great points:

Why should any philanderer’s daughter be asked to answer for her old man’s inability to keep his zipper shut? If there ever was a question that deserved to be ducked, it’s “What do you think about your dad’s extramarital affair?”

If we’re going to adopt this new level of accountability, it ought to be applied fairly. So it has to be fair game to ask John McCain’s daughter, Meghan, who also campaigns for her father, about his long-ago adulteries and more recent relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman; her mother Cindy McCain’s drug problem, which drove her to steal opoids from the medical charity she established; and the involvement of both her parents in the Keating Five Scandal back in 1989.

This is something that has been bugging me for awhile now. Let’s say that Chelsea did have an answer for her Dad’s behavior. What does this change? What does this have to do about her mother’s campaign? In my mind, absolutely nothing. I believe it’s just another attempt to remind everyone about the Lewinsky scandal however they can. Let’s be honest, if my father committed adultery (which, to my knowledge, he hasn’t), I’d be absolutely outraged if someone came up to me or one of my siblings and asked us to answer for him. It’s amazing what people can get away with during a political campaign… I mean, when else is it acceptable for things like this? And if it is now acceptable, like it was stated above, why aren’t we questioning Meghan McCain?

My big question is, if Obama wins the nomination, will we see more attacks against McCain, as Hillary won’t be around? Or will the attacks just increase against Obama? It’s disheartening to read things like:

The Rasmussen poll says only 56 percent of Clinton supporters say they would vote for Obama over McCain if Obama wins the nomination compared with 40 percent who said they would not likely vote for him. If Clinton won, 69 percent of Obama supporters would vote for her compared with 29 percent who would not.

I continue to fear that no matter what happens, Clinton or Obama, we may be faced with McCain in the White House. The only thing I can see stopping this is if there is an alternate ballot at the DNC with someone everyone can agree on (Al Gore is the name bandied around). We’ll have to wait and see, but it worries me.