We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:02:04 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification So, we find that another powerful man has succumbed to the temptations of power and wealth. And another woman is shackled to her politician husband as he confesses on national television how much he's let down his family. Ah, would that he'd thought of that earlier - but it seems one of the diseases of power is a belief that those rules are for the other guy. You know which other guy - the ones you put in jail for breaking (or, in this case providing the service you took advantage of) the laws, etc. Personally, I think he should... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:14:21 -0600 Cricket- I completely concur. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70676 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70676 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:27:06 -0600 I wonder where Hillary would be today if she had done it...stepped up to the mic and told Willie Jeff just that. Which constituency would have supported her? The single moms? The feminists? The traditional family types? I wish she had. What kind of a message did she send by taking the cr*p her husband dished out? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70671 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70671 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:43:06 -0600 Taking an oath is only a small portion of being a great leader. There are many people who hold leadership positions who are terrible leaders. How many of us have worked for bosses we consider to be unworthy of the position? Does that automatically make them an adulterer? No. Not any more than being an adulterer makes you a bad leader. There are many qualities that come with being a good leader. Keeping promises (or not breaking oaths, as you put it) is only one of those qualities. There are no perfect leaders who possess all of the qualities that make a great leader, but there are excellent leaders who possess many of the qualities that make a great leader. Look at Reagan- he met Nancy while married to another woman and he became what many people consider to be one of the greatest presidents ever. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70670 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70670 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:42:25 -0600 "Infidelity does not make you a bad leader." AFSister, I have to strongly disagree. Infidelity means that you are willing to break an Oath for a little pleasure. Since when are oath-breakers trustworthy? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70645 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70645 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:56:54 -0600 Infidelity does not make you a bad leader. It just makes you a bad husband. That being said.... our leaders are held to a higher moral, ethical, and legal standard than the general public. So is the military. When you hold a public office, you represent your people, and I'm pretty sure his people don't want to be viewed as accepting of adultery. This is the same reason I stepped down as a Sunday School teacher when I was going through my divorce. My actions did not support the Bible or God's teachings, and I knew that once the church found out, they would ask me to step down, so I quit on my own. It was the right thing to do, and even though I really miss teaching Sunday School, I still stand by that decision. Clinton should have stepped down as president over his infindelity, (Monica, Jennifer, and a couple others I can't remember), and so should Spitzer and Craig. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70640 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70640 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:18:37 -0600 The problem this case has is the NY Gov is the person who takes the oath to execute the law of NY State. Its also likely that any prostitute who is charging over $5,000 an hour has connections to organized crime. So is the NY Gov (and as the attorney general before) not going after certain organizations due to their ability to expose his illegal activities? This "victimless" crime suddenly has real victims if justice was denied by his inactions as Gov or AG because others knew what he was doing. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70632 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70632 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:29:40 -0600 live television event for the upcoming Olympics the wife of one of the bigwigs came up to the microphone. There was some puzzlement because she wasn't scheduled to speak but hey, she's the wife of a bigwig and a pretty heavy hitter in her own right so... So, she makes a nice little statement thanking everyone for attending the event and then proceeds to detail the affair she just found out her husband was having. Wouldn't give up the microphone until she'd had her say either. Sounds like a great lady to me.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70630 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70630 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:52:02 -0600 Ooops my bad. Didn't meant to imply that the 40th's V.P. was a compulsive liar. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70629 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70629 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:45:28 -0600 Boq, I wasn't aware that George H.W. Bush was impeached. Perhaps you mean 42? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70626 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70626 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:44:22 -0600 "Standing by my man" I can understand to a certain extent in cases of an affair. As awful and painful as it must be for the wife, arguments can be made about falling out of and into love, of sudden self-revelation and regret, and of having let a situation slowly get out of hand. I personally would probably leave a husband who has repeatedly cheated on me to face the press himself, but I can see why some women wouldn't. But in this case... wow. The message he has sent her is--"You can't satisfy me sexually; I'd rather do it with a possibly disease-carrying stranger than with you." And yet she still stands there next to him to continue to be shamed? WOW! I've been accused of undercutting and underestimating/underselling myself, but I have enough self-respect to not allow a man who has made a fool of me continue to use me in front of the entire world. Just seeing a picture of the two of them makes me feel so dirty I need a shower. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70625 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70625 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:08:55 -0600 and the increased property tax. Nathaniel]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70622 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70622 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:17:00 -0600 Interstate Trafficking and Solicitation of Prostitution and Debauchery. Title 18 Part I Chapter 117 Section 2421, Transporting and individual across state lines for the purpose of engaging in prostitution is forbidden. That AMTRAK ticket between NYC and Union Station should plainly put that in evidence. 2) Structuring Transactions. Title 31 Section 5324 of the U.S. Code, strictly forbids cloaking the untented purpose of bank transaction for the purpose of evading reporting requirements to the IRS. This apparently was done by the chief enforcer of law in the State of New York.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70620 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70620 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:56:15 -0600 "Deep-seeded" or "deep-seated"? I get confused. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70618 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70618 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:32:58 -0600 Considering today's environment of very limited privacy, 24/7 media coverage, and polarized partisan opposition research, I personally think that someone who does something like this has 2 other behavioral traits instead of the hubris to think he won't get caught: 1) A fetish for the adrenaline rush of the danger of getting caught. 2) A deep-seeded self-destructive desire, wherein he actually wishes to be caught. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70617 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70617 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:30:51 -0600 Meh...Sex Scandals in politics are nothing new. I'm not going to get too worked up about this one. The guy is clearly a hypocrite, however. Sadly, this has became the standard for politicians and not the exception. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70616 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70616 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:41:57 -0600 As a prisoner of the Democratic party in NY, I have to say that from what I know of the man and having seen how he reacts to criticism, we may have to storm the castle to drag him out by his hair. I hold him in much more contempt than Larry Craig, because he used to be the chief prosecutor for NY and I can just imagine the glee and pure joy that would have been in his voice if he had managed to sink his claws into a Republican who found themselves in the spot he is in. I'm looking into recall rules in NY this week. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70615 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/keepin_it_in_yo.html#comment-70615 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:26:51 -0600