Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy D'oh, I meant "Now all I need to is get rich and famous and powerful" to pull that joke off. lol *blush*
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I do not live in the City now but I grew up there and I (hokey as it sounds) have left my heart in San Francisco. I was so irritated when this story broke. Everyone's beliefs are different on whether this was wrong morally considering she was a married woman and due to it being his friends. To me that was a private issue. I am upset because once again someone with promise, someone who in my opinion was doing a decent job has made a joke of my City again. That he added to the already preconceived ideas about SF and our loony politics and ideals. That made my stomach hurt and I'm definitely a more to the left side of person.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Here is the problem I have with these cheating politicians...if you will lie to your wife about your own, personal life... ...what won't you lie about? Character is mocked quite a bit...but if our leaders don't have a solid character...what is the point in it all?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Here is the problem I have with these cheating politicians...if you will lie to your wife about your own, personal life... ...what won't you lie about?" Agreed. But here though, Newsom was, I believe, already separated from his wife. It's his best friend's wife, or was his best friend anyway, that he was involved with. Doesn't make it any better though.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Here is the problem I have with these cheating politicians...if you will lie to your wife about your own, personal life... ...what won't you lie about?> I know where you're coming from, but in the real world, sometimes people will lie ONLY about that. One of my best friends growing up had a great dad. Absolutely great guy. Involved in boy scouts, the church, coaching - couldn't ask for a better dad. And he really instilled honesty in his kids. Things my other friends and I considered little white lies (like "yeah, I finished my homework" if there was a good ballgame going in the street, and you really were going to finish it later...), my friend and his siblings couldn't bring themselves to tell. And they didn't get that from nowhere. Yet, years later I found out his dad had had an affair. You could call it hypocrisy, but sometimes I think sex is just one of those weird things that people somehow separate from everything else. They'll be completely honest people otherwise, yet they'll have an affair and tell all the lies that go along with it - but not in other areas of their lives.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper You think when the affair started he called up his campaign manager (and presumably good friend) and told him about it? Of course he has lied.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I always feel very provincial when this stuff happens. I guess I'm a prude at heart.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan This column says it very well... <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/02/EDGC7N76BU1.DTL" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/02/EDGC7N76BU1.DTL</a> >>Newsom's admission that he had an affair in 2005 with his campaign manager's wife, however, is impossible to overlook. Newsom not only betrayed Alex Tourk, a friend and one-time deputy chief of staff, but raised the question of Newsom's character. He betrayed a friend and loyal aide, let down his staff and lost his patina of professionalism. The affair was not simply bad judgment, it was cruel. And stupid. Now voters have to ask themselves: If Newsom could treat a good friendas badly as he treated Alex Tourk, how does he treat people who aren't his friends?<<
Originally Posted By friendofdd To this man, commitment is a convenience. If he doesn't like it, he is no longer committed to it and he feels his former friend's commitment is only a convenience as well. When one interferes with a couple's relationship, one is almost certain to make pain for others and, possibly, oneself. It may not be public like politics, but it is wrong.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka It takes a special kind of dirtbag to cheat with a friend's or coworker's spouse.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Last night they had a whole segment on the news about the "man code." Where you never sleep with your buddies wife/girlfriend. A couple polls show that SF men are more upset and disturbed with Newsom's actions than women. I found that interesting. It was as stupid as stupid gets. Life and relationships are complicated enough without stepping over the line. Newsom stepped WAY over the line in my eyes.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Women aren't upset b/c he is good looking and they were wishing it was them he had slept with.
