Apart from the sleaze factor there are other concerns when it comes to politicians, executives with fiduciary responsibility and high level military commanders, diplomats or people with high level security clearance.

Blackmail

—whether for espionage, insiders trading, theft of trade secrets — etc.

At least one foreign intelligence agency was aware of Clinton’s affair with the intern and they were listening in on his non secure cell phone conversations with her.

The CEO of HP was fired last year because of concern that he had revealed insider information to ex-porno star “special assistant”.

The “honey pot” is an age old tool of espionage.

The problem in the RC Church was one of homosexuality–90%+ of the victims were adolescent males– an outrage of filth which has been dealt with.

Also the RC Church kept good records and has deep pockets—- which motivated lawyers to go on treasure hunts.

The exploitation of children and adolescence by teachers and religious ministers of all denominations is tragically not uncommon.

In politics in the US Democrats always get a pass

–Kennedy “the swimmer” was a serial lecher, rake and drunk for many decades.
He was expelled from Harvard for cheating–yet he was ” Lion of the Senate”

–Barney Frank, who ran a male escort service out of his home.

–John Edwards could well have become POTUS

–Eliot Spitzer now has his own show on CNN etc, etc.

Republican sinners, in contrast, are cast into the wilderness.