I know everyone heard about that new york govener (the new one) and his past. Now the old one held on to his laundry. It kept piling up to the point it started running out of room.Then what happens when something starts running out of room? It explodes. But before the new gov. could let his laundry get any dirtier , he started cleaning it out to the public.
Most people say ok. What was the whole point in him telling everybody.? Why did he feel he needed to mention his wife?Well he felt like this. The old gov. of new york did some sneaky stuff and it sure did "catch" up to him. Now the former gov. is out of a job, he has disgraced new york, he is a disapointment to his family , and a disappointment to his self.
The new gov. feels that if he lets all of his secrets out the bag now , no one can go snoop on his past and get him fired. People would rather know the truth up front than finding out about it later. He also talked about his wife's past to because when people try to bring you down, they also try to bring others down with you.
Now only if we could all be this way.
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Wow. In theory it would seem that telling people the truth is a good idea. But this governor doesn't seem to be helping matters, now does he?
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I disagree with the second part. There doesn't seem to be any outrage with Paterson. The general feeling seems to be more along the lines of 'so what'. He had an affair when his marriage looked like it might fail, but they pulled it together. Most people probably see that as inspiring rather than disgusting. Also, the feeling is that he's an honest guy, which people like.
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Personally I think it is so wrong to cheat. That's his personal life, and you have to seperate that from work. I don't believe that that is any of our business (just like the Clinton issue) I don't think people should judge him for it because we have all committed 'sins'. Therefore who are we to judge him? I'm definitely not saying that it's okay to go out and commit infidelities or anything like that, people just need to think before they act. An expression used a lot, but is true.
Yeah, we've all committed our "sins..." but people in positions like President and Governor are supposed to be generally honest, decent people. If Clinton starts sleeping with one of his employees, how are we supposed to trust him in other issues? If the governor cheats on his wife with a hooker, shouldn't that be a red flag?
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Yes that true, but we can't expect these people to be squeaky clean all the time. They make mistakes just like us too. Thnks for your comment.
I'm not a politician or anything, but when i have personal problems they don't affect my work. If I'm mean to my brother that day, chances are, I'm not going to be mean to my peers. I'll treat them the same I always do, and it won't affect my work. So, this guy likes his sex, and he had an affair. That doesn't mean that he doesn't like bettering the public education system or protecting the environment. Most people, I would like to think, keep their jobs and their home lives separated.
I agree with you on this comment also. I know I think I told someone else the same thing: you can't expect these people to be squeaky clean. They make mistakes too. People want politics to come clean with their secrets, but when we have secrets of our own, we surely do want to not let the world know about it.
I don't condone it. I think it is more understandable.
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I don't commend him for cheating but I do appreciate the fact that he told the truth. Thank you for your insight.
Maybe I should care about this guy's personal life, but honestly, I feel like it's just a political move, just like Obama's move to get his past drug abuse and everything out into the open. It could have very little to do with his morals or personal beliefs. Honestly, i hate it when personal things like that come out in politics. Clinton was a good president, and an affair shouldn't have had any bearing on his ability to continue to be president. (I know that he committed perjury, which is against the law, but he shouldn't have had to go to court at all.) None of this stuff matters, but American's tend to get stuck on personality instead of policy.
At least he's being open and honest.
I try not to base my political opinions off of someone's personal life, although it does provide a "character reference" for the candidate, in a way.
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Thank you for your opinion .Yes that was what I was trying to mention to people that at least he is being honest.
I just find it amusing and somewhat exasperating that people think that personality matters. I guess you would want to know that a guy is honest and compassionate, but politics is a completely different ballpark, i think. just because the guy comes clean about an affair, does that necessarily mean he's going to stop accepting money from lobbyists or fix the public education system?
But then again, character reference is different from personality, and maybe it does mean something more.
It's not a problem of being open and honest but its TOO open and honest. Do you know how much publicity that girl got for sleeping with the governor? Probably she did it just for pubilicity and that's exactly what they media is giving her. They are just giving out a little too much info.
Yes that girl got the publicity she wanted, but at the same time it's the gov.'s fault. He should't have been messing around with her. Thanks for your comment.
What the governor did with that girl should be between those two. it's because of our own messed up society that we care so much about things that shouldn't matter to us at all- things that are hardly our business. This very well may have ruined her life.
I think these people are giving too much details in their personal life because honestly I don't care. I mean I don't want a governor that cheats on his wife and does it illegally at that, but too much information was given out. Even about the girl, we pretty much know her whole life story now. I think they should limit the details because I personally don't want to know all that stuff its not neccessary.
no it is not neccessary but everyone seems to like drama that is bad. 97% of America that is.
Yup. America loves drama and the media just feeds it to them.
Hey, I once heard this theory that society becomes more fickle when times are good, and that their moralistic and virtuous qualities come out in times of crisis. I heard it on Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcast, and it made a lot of sense to me. America's in a peak of prosperity, and we've lost some of the good virtues that once made America what it is, like hardworking earnestness, and honesty. or kindness and simplicity. it's not all gone, but...
They have forgotten the moral values of life. I just read a blog about simply putting the shopping carts back in the right spot after you use it instead of just pushing it behind someone elses car. It's like we don't care about the other person, we wouldn't like for someone to do that to you right. But we focus more on who had an affair with who. This nation is twisted in some areas.
Your right about that too . People want drama.They don't want your everyday simple old news. If someone is killed, everyone is watching. If a celeb. couple breaks up everyone is watching. But if there is a man trying to do something good for the environment, no one barely watches.