re: #156 iceweasel

Crappy. I honestly do not care about the personal lives of politicians or their sexual indiscretions. I don’t want to know and I resent such stories being talked about.

In the case of Sanford, i think it made sense, because the guy did literally desert his duties for a few days.

In the case of pols who are homophobic and preach ‘family values’, and legislate against equal rights for gay people, I do think it’s relevant to report when they’re caught soliciting gay sex etc.

But as for McCain, although I did not like him (and I started out liking him, I liked him tons in 2000) — I had the same reaction I always do when these things hit the media: I look at the wife standing by her man with this fixed and glazed expression, and I think of their kids, and I am furious that the wife’s pain and the private pain of the children is now exposed to the nation.
None of our business, IMO. Don’t care what party it is or how much I like or dislike the politician.

Up-ding as much for your remarks on Sanford as anything else. That guy really bothers me.

I can’t tell from your remarks about McCain whether you thought he had something going on with the woman or not. Much of the criticism of the NYT story was from those that felt that there was no “there” there. Did you think there was a “there” there?