As a person who a bit cynical about politics, I believe politicians and government leaders have always had scandals and that the politicians today are no worse than those of yesteryear.  The only difference is, all the press attention to such things.

For your perrusal I offer the case of the Prince Regent (son of George III of Great Britain), who blatantly had a mistress while his wife, Princess Caroline of Hanover, languished and was made a laughingstock.

In our time, President Kennedy was a notorious womaniser.  I could go on, but I think I make my point.

Kat


"St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> do you think that our leaders are getting worse or has news just points up
more?
surely abe lincoln was no condit, but of course ben franklin was sorta a
"ladies man" even though a great statesman.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bobby G. Greer, Ph. D. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:20 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Mag... Spec ed in schools + Pony walker


In a message dated 3/7/02 11:15:10 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>that young people can look up to our leaders because there are so many
>unsavery characters in leadership lately.
>
That is sad! A lot of stuff goes to these 24 hour news network which have to
make news. Twenty years ago, Condit would have been covered less, but not
these guys on the news fight like hungry dogs over the least little "news"
crumb.

Bobby