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In reply to the discussion: More Clinton emails released, including some she deleted [View all]That's two radically different questions.
Of course it's ethically consistent to hold different officials to different standards as it concerns whether I will vote for them or not.
That's sort of the whole point. I don't personally, concerning whether I might or might not provide support to a candidate, hold something like Donald Trump to the same standards of conduct of a Democratic candidate for the Presidency.
Why? I know I'm not going to vote for the bastard, and I know he's an arrogant, erratic, egomaniacal con man, so what's the point of even trying to consider him in the context of standards of conduct? It's the candidate in the position of possibly getting my vote that merits scrutiny. That's just human nature.
The second part of your question is sort of... a non-question? Is it 'ethically consistent' to hold different officials to different standards based on one's personal feelings about them? If your 'personal feelings' about a candidate are based, in fact, on concerns about the candidate's behavior on an ethical level, then the question itself is just a paradox.