Crap the zombies are here, everyone run around real fast but do it in circles so the slow moving zombies can catch you and feast on your sweet sweet eye juices.
More to the thread point, a number of americans like to believe in "family values" (these values also include such good things as bigotry and hatred for anyone different) A war can be sold to the public as patriotism, which is a family value. Sleeping with the intern is much harder to spin. When you are a Rev you get a couple free passes because your fighting for family values thus you are allowed to break a few.