Un-Electable

Following up on my column earlier this week about whether cigarette smoking would be considered a disqualifier when voters consider a presidential candidate, I got to thinking about what else the American public would hold against a politician in a national election.

Let's leave out illegal activity, or a criminal record, and let's consider this only in the present tense, not looking forward to how the next generation might vote. Let's also eliminate race and gender, which are still open questions, but may become central in 2008.

Would America elect as President someone who admitted:

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