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Can't speak for the Christian Right because I'm not one, but my issue with Clinton wasn't the infedelity. While I think its incredibly beneficial and preferable to have a President that shows a good example (even if its just outwardly) of morality, its not a large basis for my likes or dislikes of a politician.
My issue with Clinton was far more the use of his position of power with someone that was a subordinant. Its similar to how I wouldn't expect my boss to be fired if he had an affair with a chick from a bar, but if he got the receptionist to get him a hummer under his desk while at work I'd expect him to get canned. My issues with Clinton and Monica was less about the blowjob itself and more about the who, where, and when the blowjob took place.
And then you have the whole perjury thing, but that's a seperate issue.
Admittedly, for the religious right, it likely was much more based around the cheating. But just wanted to give a different veiw point of it from the right.
My issue with that situation was more about his lying about the issue and the stances his adminstration took against appointing people to high ranking positions based on prior infidelity....while he was doing interns in his office.