LOWE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
Prologue
The continued existence of an elected official as an elected official depends not only upon his ability to "resist the temptations that daily beset him," but also upon his ability to make it apparent that he has resisted them. Few, if any, elected officials have survived a long political life without some impugning of their motives. This, the public figure must be content to bear,
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