Ack--I should have made myself more clear. What I meant by "he's a politician" doesn't refer to him running for Congress, but rather the kind of person he is.
Now I have been the one to make myself unclear, because I was also speaking about his personality, but ... let's agree to disagree? Because I don't think we're getting all that far here. Or with Nathan in general, for that matter.
And yes--living in America (or even living in the 21st century, IMO) will give you a very jaded view of politicians in general. :-)
I wouldn't say that my view isn't jaded, but I think US scandals have been different from German ones. I would suspect a typical politician character of corruption, first and foremost. As for cheating... leaving our differing views on this topic aside, German politicians seem to have very "conservative" takes on mistresses (referring specifically to a case where one very prominent politician had the same mistress for twenty years), so I don't automatically equal unfaithful politician with "sleeps with everything in sight." And as I said before, the context of Nathan's specific situation is important, and I think the show also emphasizes that. (But, again, we've been there)
Re: Hours later: Part the Second
Now I have been the one to make myself unclear, because I was also speaking about his personality, but ... let's agree to disagree? Because I don't think we're getting all that far here. Or with Nathan in general, for that matter.
And yes--living in America (or even living in the 21st century, IMO) will give you a very jaded view of politicians in general. :-)
I wouldn't say that my view isn't jaded, but I think US scandals have been different from German ones. I would suspect a typical politician character of corruption, first and foremost. As for cheating... leaving our differing views on this topic aside, German politicians seem to have very "conservative" takes on mistresses (referring specifically to a case where one very prominent politician had the same mistress for twenty years), so I don't automatically equal unfaithful politician with "sleeps with everything in sight." And as I said before, the context of Nathan's specific situation is important, and I think the show also emphasizes that. (But, again, we've been there)