Law of Unintended Consequences

Clinton's mistake was a grave error. Some of us (not all of course) who were raised in the 1950s have a little different set of values and standards; right or wrong.

Clinton's actions caused many votes to be lost for Mr. Gore's chances. Religious people like my relatives (I am an atheist) voted to "get the sin out of the White House". My guess is some religious Democrats also voted Republican out of religious conviction. Therefore, Mr. Bush received votes he would not have otherwise gotten.

The act is not what mattered; where it happened did. If you cannot understand why, then I can only say that to many of us character matters. I never committed adultery and I would prefer others do not either. However, had Clinton done his act outside of the Oval Office or White House, that is a symbol of dignity and what is good about America, then I would not have been as offended, but would have still disapproved. He crossed a threshold of standards others and I could never forgive him for.

I think Mr. Gore would have been president had Clinton not made his top 10 mistake. The world would now be a much better place, in retrospect. I would have voted for Gore had Clinton not disgraced the Office of the Presidency. Instead, I gave my support to Bush, unfortunately, because of the narrow-mindedness of vast right-wing conspiracy Democrats who supported Clinton no matter what, but who should have ostracized him. Now his past actions will most likely ruin Ms. Clinton's bid at a fair chance for becoming president (no, I emphatically would not want her in that office). The fact is his actions continue to harm his own family, as well as this country.

Therefore, Clinton's Top Ten Mistake did serious harm to the country I served both as a public servant and as a soldier. I will do everything ethical to keep the Clintons out of the White House.