I get so tired of all of these people making excuses because they were in college. Wasn't the governor 25 years old in this medical school yearbook? Grant you, I sure had a lot to learn when I was young but at 18 I was out on my own, full time job, an apartment and shortly after married and a child. You know being and acting like an adult as I'm sure many of you were.
I don't know if THAT is the point of what they're saying - that youthful indiscretion overtook good sound judgment, but more like - it really was quite a long time ago, and people do in fact, change. People who know me now would be surprised to know that at that age, I was quiet, barely talked, sullen and generally unfriendly to most people - I changed. A lot of things happened to me in my 20's and 30's, and I'm just shy of 60.
So in that respect, I fully get the idea of - it was a long time ago. I did things in my youth that I am still ashamed of.
On the other hand, this is politics, pop culture, fame and what have you, where if you so much as ADMIT that you once muttered the "N-word" under your breath thirty years ago - your career is over. And while I think it stinks - and I consider it hypocritical - I at least applaud the left for at the very LEAST trying to apply the standard they throw against everyone else, against one of their own. I do think it is a lot of fake pearl-clutching because the optics will paint them all badly if it gets more traction. The Dems can never allow themselves to be tainted as being racists, because so much of their power rests on race-baiting.
Here's my thought - if it were ANYTHING other than politics - or if politics were a fair arena - I'd say forgive and forget. Since it IS politics, for the sake of the party and its image, I'd see him resign, because it will never end. It's a shame. You wouldn't have the president of your company pushed out for something done 35 years ago that is not a crime but just extremely bad taste - but when your life is in the public and you make your livelihood largely from public opinion, it is time to go.
I'm really surprised this picture didn't pop up before now.
Yeah, I haven't looked up where this came from. It would have been more interesting during the campaign. As much as Justin Fairfax is bellyaching about the timing of his own allegations - which sound fake, because he's a handsome man and I can easily believe a woman would have wanted to be with him 15 years ago at a hotel - it would surprise me not at all if the unearthing came from HIM.