I dunno. The AA and NA in me screams foul, somehow.
We'd be waiting a long time for that announcement.
-PJ
He's been MIA since June 10th. That's a month without an explanation. Had he been a man, he would have come clean prior to his going into rehab, but as usual, being a Democrat allows him to lie, stall and obfuscate.
With all due respect, it is now five weeks since the just disappeared like a fart in the wind. Just how much time would you allow your representative if you knew absolutely nothing besides what some spokesman had to say? Would it matter to you that according to a report yesterday, we were told not to expect him back in his office until sometime after Labor Day?
He accepted a very high profile and powerful job to represent his constituents combined will all the access to the money, corrupt or not, because of his position.
As an employer, would you not be just a little more demanding of specific reasons why an employee just decided to take a one month vacation without notice or explanation and then be told it might be longer than an additional six weeks before he might come back?
He did not find himself in this position by no fault of his own. Instead, it was totally his fault and lack of personal responsibility that got him where he is now. Further, his other indiscretions landed him in the Pay to Play Blogo scandal and I'm sure that Blogo was not going down alone and somebody has the goods on JJJr. Then he gets caught in a rather insidious affair to top it all off.
An honorable man would step down and take his lumps, of his own doing, and figure out how to catch the next available on-ramp to start a new life, hopefully with a much more secure moral compass. Just like any one of his constituents would have to do.
The 12-step is a tricky proposition for famous people. You say your first name, even if it’s made up, and there are a lot of people in the room who know who you are. The paparazzi offer a pretty penny to those who would violate the anonymity, and that’s a sad truth.
I don’t know where in my state he is, and if I did I would never disturb him. I understand what you understand, Laz. Leave him alone. He can read all the digs from us when he gets out.
That was my first reaction too- but we don't know exactly who leaked this to Mitchell. Besides- the 11th and 12th Traditions speak to OUR maintaining anonymity- we don't find anywhere that suggests we expect others to maintain it for us.
There are some in the public eye who have driven me to distraction with talking about their recovery (Beck comes to mind) because they do NOT speak for me or you, or AA/NA as a whole and often do more harm than good.
IIRC , he’s been MIA since the beginning of June . How long does it take to get your “ head clear “ to release an honest statement . Heck , his family could have done that .
as it should...but u must remember....(a basketball analogy)
Most people/players never foul out...they adjust their game or sit out...