More outrage. It takes a special kind of self-confidence to step out as a gay politician and get elected, even in a city as liberal as Portland, Oregon. I'm sure Sam Adams has had to be strong and have an unbelievably strong sense that whatever he does and says is right. But there's also got to be a screw loose when he breaks the law or betrays the trust given to him by the public - that he was a moral person and deserveed public office.
A Democratic scandal - and I'm not very pleased about it. This stuff should be left to the Republicans. And if you're going to behave this way, stay the hell away from running for public office.
From Portland News...
For thousands of gay Portlanders, Sam Adams' election last year fulfilled their most ardent hope: to finally transcend stereotypes of sexual identity.
His ascension to the mayor's office -- not as a symbol of progress but as a smart, hardworking technocrat -- marked a new phase in the relationship between Portland and its gay residents: the difference between having a place at the table and sitting at the head of it.
Now, the revelations surrounding Adams' sexual relationship with a teenager and his subsequent lies about it have sown anguish among gay Portlanders.
Whether they think he should resign or not, they say his fall from grace plays into the ugliest of stereotypes about gay men -- stereotypes that Adams himself decried when a potential primary opponent accused him of having sex with an underage youth.
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Wow, there have been more Democrat scandals uncovered, most connected to Obama, than there are days he's actually been in office. Yesterday there were 3 in one day! Pay to Play, sex scandals and more.. even Governor Richardson who I've met many times and would have thought he was the rare decent Democrat.
And of course the first thing he does is pander to Muslims and brag about his Muslim family which was offlimits during the campaign so he could lie to us. (although when he said we had 57 states, that was a dead giveaway he'd studied as a Muslim -- there are 57 Muslim states which is worse than his having said it because he's stupid)
How did we get such corrupt filth in the White House?
I certainly respect your right to disagree with Obama's policies - and your right to point out Democratic scandals. But you make it difficult to argue when you say that there were 3 in one day or that there have been more scandals than days that Obama has been in office when you don't identify any of them.
Using your standards, I know that there were 3,487,261 scandals during the Bush administration.
Prove me wrong.
I don't know how we got such corrupt filth in the White House - I guess because the Supreme Court appointed him.
Oh - you meant Obama.
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