Do you hold all elected officials to the same standard? If not, why not? Most of the presidents come from a lower elected office, so the standard should be set at that level. Isn't a United States Senator a representative of our nation and subject to the same standards? What about the appointed officials, like Secretary of State? You can't hold the Senators to a high standard and let the congressmen off the hook. Then of course, you have the state senators and assemblymen, local mayors, town council.

The problem is, we don't elect saints as our elected officials, we elect people. People have faults, imperfections, and are prone to making mistakes. The high moral person would make decisions based on what is the best for the people, not based on partisan politics, or whether or not the NRA or Trial Lawyers or the Teamsters gave more money to the campaign. We all know that isn't reality.

Was Reagan a good president? Absolutely - he was effective and a great leader. I should have included him when I listed Carter and Ford as moral high ground presidents.

Joltin Joe, don't be naive and think only the democrats get caught with their "pants down". Of course, JFK probably is the standard by which philandering presidents are measured but the list is long and bi-partisan.