The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Gavin Newsom divorced his wife a couple of years ago. He shtooped the wife of his campaign manager. Newsom remains single, so anything's possible.

I really wish he hadn't followed up a pretty straight admission of guilty (with almost no use of passive voice) with the now obligatory "I need help with substance abuse."

Frankly, I don't really care about affairs. Those are, for the most part, a different kind of misconduct than official misconduct. Yes, it calls into question his general judgment but overall I don't think it that big of a deal.

However, while "I behaved stupidly because I'm overly fond of the booty call" doesn't call into question his judgment on affordable housing issues, "I behaved stupidly because I'm a drunk" does.

And, since in San Francisco, Newsom is generally attacked as not being progressive enough, it'll be interesting to see all of the people who didn't care about Clinton and Monica suddenly consider this a major issue and the people who cared about nothing more than Clinton and Monica call it a private matter.