As I recall Mark Foley text messages resulted not only in resignation but was as far as the media was concerned THE scandal of the 2006 election.
Too bad for Foley he didn’t represent Portland Ore:
In a surprise move (not), Democratic gay mayor Sam Adams told reporters this weekend that he would not step down after lying about having sex with a teen intern who was 17 when they first met.
Hey it’s not like he was TEXTING!
Two points here first in general we’ve already seen that particularly on the federal level scandal is not grounds for any democrat to resign, (Dodd, Rangel, Jefferson and of course Blago), hell we’ve had the president that violation of federal tax laws are not grounds to keep someone out of the office of Tresurary Secretary. I would say if a democrat resigned due to scandal it (Spitzer) THAT would be the surprise.
In particular we’ve already have the precedent that sex with an intern and lying about it are not grounds for removal for office and the precedent that any kind of Gay illicit sexual activity when done by a democrat is not grounds for resignation (Studds and Frank in Massachusetts) unless directly related to security (McGreevey remember was involved like Blago in pay for play he “came out” to play the discrimination card).
The bottom line is gay or straight this is not acceptable behavior for a public official, but if the people of Portland decide that it is not a big deal, it’s their mayor and its on them.
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