Married GOP Congressman Sent Sexy Pictures to Craigslist Babe - Page 2

Morrigoon · 02-12-2011, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

As always I don't care if they're having affairs, I don't consider marital fidelity to really be anything that necessarily impacts your appropriateness for public office.

However, when one does have an affair I do consider your inability to think about it enough to not be really stupid about it to be a sign that I can't trust you to not be really stupid in your thinking and acting in other areas.

Willingness to be dishonest in your marriage can be taken as a sign of willingness to be dishonest in your office, which DOES matter to the American people.

Alex · 02-12-2011, 06:13 AM

It could be taken as that. But I don't take it as that. Oh, I"m sure there's a non-random correlation between the two but I doubt it is strong enough that I could reliably assume one because of the other. Should the spouse assume the congresscritter is cheating if he is caught taking bribes?

innerSpaceman · 02-12-2011, 07:32 AM

Well, I make the stupidity extrapolation without too many qualms, so why not the dishonesty extrapolation?

It doesn't seem as likely to me. But truthfully, just because someone is stupid in one area (especially if that area is SEX), doesn't mean they will necessarily be stupid in others. Yet that's exactly why I think he's too dangerous to be a Congressman.

Alex · 02-12-2011, 08:47 AM

I don't think the relevant part of the story is he's stupid about sex (for all I know his wife was picking out the best Craigslist postings for him), I think think the relevant part is he was stupid about figuring out the best process. If he can't think through something as simple as getting some strange without getting (easily) caught then that suggests to me a deficiency much more likely (in my opinion) to carry over into arenas I care about.

But I've known many people who are unfaithful sexually and prove extremely competent and honest professionally. On the other hand, for the most part the people I know who are stupid about how they go about getting what they want tend to be stupid in most of the things they do.

Though all of that said, he is a junior congressman, a Republican from a solidly blue state, and unlikely to ever have encroached into areas I care about anyway. So I still don't care all that much.

02-12-2011, 06:13 AM	#12
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It could be taken as that. But I don't take it as that. Oh, I"m sure there's a non-random correlation between the two but I doubt it is strong enough that I could reliably assume one because of the other. Should the spouse assume the congresscritter is cheating if he is caught taking bribes?
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02-12-2011, 07:32 AM	#13
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, I make the stupidity extrapolation without too many qualms, so why not the dishonesty extrapolation? It doesn't seem as likely to me. But truthfully, just because someone is stupid in one area (especially if that area is SEX), doesn't mean they will necessarily be stupid in others. Yet that's exactly why I think he's too dangerous to be a Congressman.
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02-12-2011, 08:47 AM	#14
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I don't think the relevant part of the story is he's stupid about sex (for all I know his wife was picking out the best Craigslist postings for him), I think think the relevant part is he was stupid about figuring out the best process. If he can't think through something as simple as getting some strange without getting (easily) caught then that suggests to me a deficiency much more likely (in my opinion) to carry over into arenas I care about. But I've known many people who are unfaithful sexually and prove extremely competent and honest professionally. On the other hand, for the most part the people I know who are stupid about how they go about getting what they want tend to be stupid in most of the things they do. Though all of that said, he is a junior congressman, a Republican from a solidly blue state, and unlikely to ever have encroached into areas I care about anyway. So I still don't care all that much.
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