Minor correction.
Take Clinton's impeachment for example. I felt (personally) disillusioned by what he did. On my scale, it was enough to feel that I wished he resigned. Ashton and Khasim didn't feel it was enough for them.Hmmm, maybe this belongs over in Politics.
Actually, I'd see it more like this.
#1. No sex with anyone but the wife.
#2. Failing #1, tell the truth.
#3. Failing #'s 1 & 2, behave with dignity (this might mean resigning to preserve the "honour" of the office).
I know that's confusing to a lot of people.
The problem was that he was being hounded for ANYTHING that they could get on him and when they found the sex item, they focused on that without realizing that it wasn't anything that LOTS of politicians had done before.
Now, Clinton didn't behave with any degree of honour during the entire 8 years he was President. But this isn't anything new, either.
My position on the subject is that it was a witch hunt by his political rivals to find ANYTHING they could use to hang him with.
NOT that it was motivated out of any sense of outrage or affront at his activities while in office (well, his non-political activiities).
And >THAT< is the part that annoys me. Trying to hang someone for something that everyone else is doing and wanting to appear holy for doing so when you're doing nothing more than attempting to further your own political agenda.
Hmmmm, but I think that is also part of what "politican" means.