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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 10:48 PM Original message |
Portland (Oregon) mayor acknowledges sexual relationship with young man he mentored |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Consenting adults, que no? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. If Breedlove were a woman, this would be a Disney movie. n/t |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Best. Post. Ever. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. If the guy was 18, then what is the problem? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The problem as I see it is an unequal power situation |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. brought every wingnut in the state of Oregon out of the woodwork. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. He is openly gay. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. But remove the gay part, and how does this differ from |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Bill was married and Monica worked for him. n/t |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. it might have been worse in Clinton's case as he was married |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. That's pre-Clinton talk |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. questions |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Sorry- but this was both politically stupid AND ethically challenged |
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RCinBrooklyn (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Don't underestimate an 18-year-olds raging hormones and the desire for a young man to have sex. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. that excuse would never work if it was an 18 year old female |
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RCinBrooklyn (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. True, but IT IS NOT an 18 year old female. It is two consenting me. There's no issue here. |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Yes it would. 18 is 18. Whether you are male or female. 18 is a consenting adult. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. You don't consider him lying about it before his election a problem? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The lies may be an election problem, but I don't judge gay people for lying about having gay sex. nt |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Since he is described as openly gay, people do know |
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dothemath (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Maybe ............... |
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RCinBrooklyn (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Honestly, what do you think the result would have been. Voters can't handle anything regarding sex. |
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leftinportland (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. then why did he lie? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. He probably lied because the relationship looked bad. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Because, unless their relationship started before he turned 18, it's none of our business. n/t |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. A gay man named "Breedlove"? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. It sounds like something out of a Romance novel. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
50. and Beau Breedlove, at that. |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Is this news? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Don't shoot the messenger |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nicely done, Sam |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. If you didn't think you had done something wrong, you wouldn't have lied. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Then just say "None of your business" |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why can't they keep their hands off the INTERNS!! |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Key point...when it comes to anything like a subordinate, keep it zipped |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. maybe those who are able to become interns do so BECAUSE |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. That is a horrible thing to say. |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. The fact that he lied and |
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leftinportland (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. Sam Adams is an egotist |
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mackerel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Sometimes I have to wonder at apologists. Just because |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I agree 100% |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Cover up the worst part...always |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Portland Politics |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Why not? |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. is Sam Adams the type who preached personal morals ? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
24. I don't think ones sex life is any one else's fucking business... |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
25. What in the greasy french fried hell?? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Why is he "vulnerable and confused"? He's an adult who consented to sex. |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. I was going to say that |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. so....he's no longer hardworking or ethical? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Oh did you miss this part of the article? Do you think that's ethical? |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Gosh, a man lied about having sex? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. Sam's my mayor and I like him a lot. |
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TriMetFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
52. I don't know how my fellow Gay and Lesbians Oregonians |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Just Out called for his resignation today |
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TriMetFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. TI'm glad. |
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