Mike's reply didn't make it to my server:

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Mike said:

"My point was not that Republicans intrinsically have more 
character than Democrats. The point was that there were actually 
Democrats openly defending/justifying Clinton with "character 
doesn't matter" (much as Raj did in this thread, right after 
saying he doesn't do it). Republicans at least have the decency 
to find it embarassing when one of their guys gets caught with 
his hand in the cookie jar."

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Let me show you how a non American hears that:

"My point was not that Americans intrinsically have more 
character than Americans. The point was that there were actually 
Americans openly defending/justifying Clinton with "character 
doesn't matter" (much as Raj did in this thread, right after 
saying he doesn't do it). Americans at least have the decency to 
find it embarassing when one of their guys gets caught with his 
hand in the cookie jar."

Yes, I understand. It's not *us* that fight partisian politics, 
it's those lefty commie socialist pinko abortion loving draft 
dodging (carefull with that one) dope smoking fornicating basatards.