When Clinton went through the impeachment process his numbers rose which means America does not swallow the whole puritan thing (no pun intended).

What I am saying is that the second you decide to be an American politician, everything you have done, do, will do (past, present, future) will be scrutinized. Basically you have painted a bulls eye on your back and that is the way it works in the good old US of A and they know it,

They (politicians) know the rules and if they decide to take chances then they are rolling the dice. If they come up snake eyes then they have to deal with the consequences and we should not be apologizing for them regardless or their party affiliation.