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					Originally Posted by Whirlaway  Nope; the premise is that he was caught in a lie regarding circumstances of his Dominican Trips; so he doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt going forward, on the subject....
 It is a standard that is applied in daily life, by most reasonable people..............but if you want to believe Menendez is being honest despite his prior lies, be my guest.
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"Circumstances of his Dominican Trips"?  There's a nice catch-all phrase that erases all boundaries.
You falsely lump in travel expenses and doing favors for contributors with fucking a teenager.  In other words, bad for one purpose, bad for all purposes, right?
If Menendez was accused of padding his reimbursement bills for hiring staff, I'd say you would have a case based on padding reimbursement for travel expenses.
But if someone accused him of beating his wife in anonymous e-mails, then, NO, you can't support that charge based on padding reimbursement for travel expenses.
That would be like giving credence to an Internet e-mail chain accusing Bill Clinton of running a heroin-smuggling empire because - well, you know he DID lie under oath about getting a blowjob.