Posted on 02/03/2007 10:53:44 AM PST by SmithL
Embattled San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's first major public appearance Friday -- at a celebration of Black History Month in the City Hall rotunda -- couldn't have gone better. Hordes of children clutched at his suit and asked for autographs, and the mayor clearly relished the positive attention. Waiting back at his office, though, was a quick reminder of the scandal in which he finds himself. Reporters threw questions at him.
"I'm back at work, and I'm going to focus on getting things done for the city," was all Newsom would say before walking into his office, the heavy wooden door shutting behind him.
Never one to focus on just the basics of potholes and Muni, Newsom has set an ambitious agenda -- including citywide Wi-Fi access, Police Department reform, universal health care, major development proposals, the restoration of public housing and getting more homeless people off the streets.
None of these would be easy for any mayor in an election year. Whether Newsom can advance his agenda after the revelation that he had sex with an aide -- the wife of his friend and campaign manager -- remains a big question.
"This mayor never had a hands-on style from Day 1, and the current situation certainly doesn't help things," said Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who has been a vocal critic of the mayor. "In the rough-and-tumble world of politics, political capital is everything, and objectively, scandals of any sort knock down one's political capital."
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he desrves whatever he gets, I mean, how dare him have hetro sex in San Fran
He now needs to have a gay affair to demonstrate that he is unbiased.
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I didn't know there were any school children in San Francisco. And who would want that clown's autograph anyway. This is the first piece the press will write, of many, to rebuild his image. He's a good liberal kook, you know.
Next week he'll sign a measure adding a hundred water coolers to city buildings and they'll write about the "new Newsome, a man..no, make that, PERSON of action"
You can only use the word "man" as referring the architect of global warming. Otherwise everything is gender neutral. I really laughed when the commies suddenly used "man" again this week to be a bad guy for their nutty pseudo-science.
Carson's withering "Newsom is so ..." lines.
he needs some kind of gay rehab or sensitivity training. that'll teach him.
It has been sugggested that swimsuits would be appropriate attire.
I'm pretty sure they don't need to be that dressed up.
Inter-racial marriage is not a sin.
Being a particular race or another, or a blend of several, is not a sin.
Homosexual sex is a sin.
Your analogy is false.
Strawman cartoon
He'll face nothing...we're talking about San Francisco. They don't care. In fact, they're probably disappointed it wasn't a New Jersey style scandal.
Yes, sir, he's Nancy's boy, all right!
The Husband should say "We had a deal, he could have my wife for our jobs, but it was not supposed to become public".
The answer to his problem is simple, just declare he is a homo, instant sympathy and fawning press, becoming a homo is a good political career move for a democrat.
Especially there, huh?
I assumed he wouldn't be held accountable since he is a Lib.
Maybe rehab for a sexual addiction will be punishment enough./s/
Being a particular race or another, or a blend of several, is not a sin.
Homosexual sex is a sin.
True.
True.
True.
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