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When JFK was our president, the American press treated his prodigious sex life with a sly wink and a nod. The media didn’t cover it or make a big deal of it, as they would now. There was a decency, in the country and the press corps, which sort of hinted at the illicit nature of things but figured if it went on behind closed doors, it was not business that would affect the running of the free world.  In fact, let’s even go so far as to suggest that JFK may’ve been in a position to use such restraint in the Cuban missile crisis because he was getting so much play on the side that stress never even entered into it. Basically, if this guy hadn’t been getting more pussy than a toilet seat, human civilization might not exist.Could the sexy underbelly of Camelot have existed under the present scrutiny of America’s salaciously obsessed press? Of course not. Our man Jack would have been exposed as the true player he was even before he’d have had a chance to fumble for that first presidentially sealed condom (if he even used them). Just take a look at how media outlets are slavering over the not-so-well-kept revelation that movie star and California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger engaged in some pot-fueled orgies at Gold’s Gym. And that was decades ago! Could you imagine if he was up to that kind of behavior presently, and was caught doing so in the middle of a campaign? Surely Ashleigh Banfield’s pretty little head would explode like a jar of Tostitos salsa queso left in the microwave too long. So, have we come so far that it’s the promise of the position (in government, you incorrigible tramp) that makes us intrigued by the candidate, rather than where they stand on the issues? Bill Clinton—we knew he was a smarmy womanizer, we knew that when he was running for the post. But he also stood for something, and had the gumption to back it up.  What he could do for a woman took a second seat to what he could do for the country and his constituents. The press covered what his beliefs were on abortion, welfare, health-care, foreign policy and everything else under the sun. And we paid attention.Has the scandal and the resulting over-coverage of his deeds made us so immune that we’re more interested in giving coverage to just the sex and not the issues? Maybe. But whether or not these kind of media antics will affect how voters act in next month’s recall election is an entirely different issue. So-called “character issues” that revolve around morality-based themes play well in the heartland of America, but we’re talking about California here. While the rest of the country is busy trying to enact a bill to “protect” the obsolete institution of heterosexual marriage, California has been passing socially progressive laws granting right to everyone from the transgendered to domestic partners. Whether or not The Terminator will become The Governator next month is anyone’s guess, but let’s just hope that the deciding factor will be his absence at upcoming debates, or his ambiguous fiscal plans, and not how many anonymous blow jobs he got while puffing on a doobie in a sweaty locker room back in the ‘70s.
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