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Dave
Personally, I don't give a rat's ass about Spitzer's infidelities. That's between him and his wife. If he did so with public funds, well that's something entirely different.
I ran a mile and I liked it, liked it, liked it. dgb2n@yahoo.com
That's my take on the situation, too.
The voice of mile 18
Tri Rule #1 of Triathlon Training/Racing - If Momma ain't happy nobody is happy
Bugs
My legs are killing me
Excuse my french but F**k him.
Amy
But see, that was sort of the problem.
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
On some level, I really want to agree with that but it's never quite that clean. Certain official's lives are so public that there really isn't an easy notion of really private infidelity. Clinton didn't have sex with some random stranger, he did it with an intern. Someone who he had significant influence over. That does matter. The secret service guys that guard him probably were asked to play a role or at least turn a blind eye in arranging the activity. Then consider how a public official could be blackmailed to conceal the behavior. "Approve this land project or I'll tell the press about your little affair." Now try and argue that it was between him and his wife. This is why on security clearance investigations they consider this stuff. If you're gay and concealing it, you can be blackmailed. If you're out of the closet, its not a security risk. Barney Frank isn't a security risk because of his homosexuality. Senator Craig? Different story. If he's willing to cheat on his wife, he'll cheat on something else. Character matters.
Lazy idiot
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