Presidential morality

Madam, - The standards expected of US presidents never cease to amaze me

Madam, - The standards expected of US presidents never cease to amaze me. There is no problem if the president leads his country to an illegal war (in which many thousands of people are killed or maimed) on the basis of fabricated evidence. Under no circumstances, however, may a candidate for president sleep with a woman who is not his wife.

Would it not make more sense to have a system where the president was judged on his faithfulness to those who elected him? - Is mise,

CATHAL RABBITTE, Adliswil, Switzerland.