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Opinion: Why Newt Gingrich's Adultery Matters
By Mark Grabowski - AOL NewsPeople's sex lives are a private matter, right? Not when it involves politicians. During a talk last week at the University of Pennsylvania, Newt Gingrich took umbrage when a student brought up his adultery. "If the primary concern of the American people is my past, my candidacy would be irrelevant. If the primary concern of the American people is the future... that's a debate I'll be happy to have," he said. He joins a long list of politicians who claim extramarital affairs have no bearing on their ability to govern. Unfortunately, many voters seem to agree with Gingrich. A June 2009 Gallup ...
No Joke: State Government as a Laughingstock
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailySo you think your life is tough just because Bernie Madoff handled your investments, a taped version of your sex life is hurtling around the Internet and the FBI has established a command post in your driveway. Buck up -- things could be a lot worse. Imagine if you were a high-school civics teacher and (here comes the horrifying specter) the curriculum required you to teach a unit about the glories of state government.RELATED: Paterson Tanks, Cuomo Soars Amid NY Chaos ...
Politicians: How Much is TMI?
By Denise Williams - Politics DailyNewly inaugurated NY Governor David Paterson, who has already to admitted to affairs and cocaine use, held a press conference today and told the gathered, "I think that, more than any elected official on the planet and probably in outer space, I have discussed my personal situation over the last week" and that there would be no more press conferences about his private life. I'm not a New Yorker and certainly don't know the governor, but somehow I don't believe that this will not be the last we hear from Paterson regarding his personal life. Call me cynical... Well, New York Magazine has made ...
Mrs. Spitzer Stands By Her Man
By David Knowles - Politics DailySometimes it's hard to be a woman, Giving all your love to just one man.You'll have bad timesAnd he'll have good timesDoing things that you don't understand...--"Stand by your Man" by Tammy Wynette At this point, it has become something of a cliché in our cultural imagery: A disgraced male public official at a news conference taking his lumps for a newly unearthed sexual indiscretion while his baffled yet supportive wife stands at his elbow, struggling to put a public face on the many emotions roiling beneath a calm exterior. Many viewers to our latest reality-television episode, starring ...
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