Do you hold the President up to, or close to, the standard of the clergy in your religion?

Asked by JLeslie (65450) September 24th, 2015 from iPhone

I was talking to a friend about the escapades of Pres. Bill Clinton, and without telling you the entire conversation, one point I made was I don’t think the media should have reported it, and I think it’s ridiculous confess wasted our time as a country about it. I’m fine with the media outing extreme hypocrites, but Clinton was not a hypocrite. His liaisons should only be the concern if his wife, and a concern for the American people if his job is being affected. He’s not a Minister, he’s a President. She shocked me when she used her hand to illustrate basically the same thing as saying if a minister is a 10 on a scales of 1–10 regarding morality and our expectations of fidelity and integrity, and how we look up to them, then the President is a 9. Other men, even a husband, would be lower than that.

It made me uneasy. I’ve always been nervous that some people in the religious right look at their political leaders like Gods. Ironically, communist countries, atheist countries, supposedly use this technique of having the leader take the place of a God figure.

Do you hold the President to a very high moral standard? What is that standard? Do you relate this to what your expectations are regarding your Ministers, Priests, and Rabbis?