Blogging Mayoral Marriage Matters
[posted by Justin Levine – not Patterico, who takes absolutely no responsibility for turning this site into a hotbed of depraved political gossip.]
Speaking of not having actual malice, did you manage to check out how my good friend and perpetual client Luke Ford has been stiring up trouble with the L.A. Mayor’s office? After Luke managed to goad the L.A. Times about its laziness, even their reporting now subtly seems to suggest that perhaps he may be on to something.
[This all is not to be confused with a certain other Mayor in California who made the news recently.]
I appreciate Luke Ford’s efforts, but I’m distressed that it takes personal matters for the LAT to finally ask Tony a tough question. It would be much better if they’d report about – rather than cover up – his involvement with the racial separatist group MEChA. They could also look into his statements right after he was elected offering L.A. as a sanctuary for illegal aliens. And, they could look into his activities while in the Assembly. Then, the LAT might be doing some real reporting.
TLB (0c89cb) — 2/2/2007 @ 12:16 pmReal Reporting? Are you feeling well? It’s the Times, they have an image to uphold.
Another Drew (8018ee) — 2/2/2007 @ 6:39 pmon the plus side, this proves once and for all that gavin newsom isn’t gay.
assistant devil's advocate (0152cd) — 2/2/2007 @ 6:47 pm“on the plus side, this proves once and for all that gavin newsom isn’t gay.”
No, just an irresponsible #$%^ of a rabbit.
I was absolved from my monastic vows a long time ago and I resist the temptation to preach as best as I can, but while I was eligible to vote in Chicago I voted for Mayor Daley primarily because he does not do this #$%^.
nk (47858f) — 2/2/2007 @ 7:06 pmyou took monastic vows? really? not too many ex-monks out there. tell us your story!
assistant devil's advocate (0152cd) — 2/2/2007 @ 9:07 pmthe rabbit part doesn’t bother me, it’s the adultery part. i wouldn’t have any friends if i went after their wives. i have committed fornication a number of times, but i have never committed adultery.
“you took monastic vows? really?”
It was part of my consecration to The Virgin, as a little kid. My mother took me to the monastery and I went through the rite. We only stayed one night at the monastery and then she took me back home with her but I wore black for the whole next year. On the anniversary, my father took me back to the monastery and I was released. I remember that he was carrying candles for the ceremony and he broke them when he thought I was going to step in front of a bus and pulled me back. He bought me ice cream afterwards.
Sorry if I teased. True stories are pretty mundane. Or, as Robert Heinlein put it: “Good stories usually are not [true].”
nk (d7a872) — 2/3/2007 @ 3:06 amYou’ve got to wonder about the kid gloves. Could the reason be as patronizing as “white reporters gave the embryonic political career of, say, JFK a pass, so doesn’t the embryonic political career of Antonio Villaraigosa deserve one, too”?
I’m sure someone has brought this up before.
Brian Moore (d9b5eb) — 2/3/2007 @ 9:27 am