Comments on: Another Republican protects the sanctity of marriage http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:12:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Barbara http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-515036 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:51:21 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-515036 His affair likely is more concerning because it appears to have been kept secret with the use of public funds, e.g., claiming cover of "official business" for what were apparently little more than lovers' jaunts to neat sounding places, like France. The right is not going to raise Chappaquiddick. The right wants this guy gone, like yesterday, and is apparently smoothing the way for an investigation into his possible misuse of government funds as stated above. His affair likely is more concerning because it appears to have been kept secret with the use of public funds, e.g., claiming cover of “official business” for what were apparently little more than lovers’ jaunts to neat sounding places, like France. The right is not going to raise Chappaquiddick. The right wants this guy gone, like yesterday, and is apparently smoothing the way for an investigation into his possible misuse of government funds as stated above.

]]> by: mythago http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514730 Sat, 10 May 2008 22:06:20 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514730 At the risk of continuing to pedantify and sidetrack the thread, making a mistake != bad judgment. At the risk of continuing to pedantify and sidetrack the thread, making a mistake != bad judgment.

]]> by: Bitter Scribe http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514549 Fri, 09 May 2008 20:19:02 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514549 <i>Life is not so simple and cut and dry as your statement implies. </i>Life may not be simple and cut and dried, but logic is. If you judge someone to be a person with whom you can live the rest of your life, and that turns out not to be the case, your judgment was mistaken. There's no shame in it. It happened to me, as I said earlier, and to many other people. And the <i>reasons </i>why your judgment was mistaken can be complex and subtle. To say that you shouldn't have married someone is simply to acknowledge that you made a mistake, not that you were bad or stupid, or that you should have seen your misfortune coming. If you had seen it coming, you would have avoided it. Life is not so simple and cut and dry as your statement implies.

Life may not be simple and cut and dried, but logic is. If you judge someone to be a person with whom you can live the rest of your life, and that turns out not to be the case, your judgment was mistaken.

There’s no shame in it. It happened to me, as I said earlier, and to many other people. And the reasons why your judgment was mistaken can be complex and subtle. To say that you shouldn’t have married someone is simply to acknowledge that you made a mistake, not that you were bad or stupid, or that you should have seen your misfortune coming. If you had seen it coming, you would have avoided it.

]]> by: greensmile http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514527 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:27:21 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514527 Clearly, we do not use the same dictionary at the Republicans. Touting "family values" does not mean a Republican values family. It means he values <i>families</i>. Clearly, we do not use the same dictionary at the Republicans. Touting “family values” does not mean a Republican values family. It means he values families.

]]> by: Bethynyc http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514521 Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:58 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514521 *sigh* I've actually been waiting for this. Fossella supposedly "represents" me in Congress. I voted against him every chance I had! I feel very sorry for his wife and kids--much less sorry for him. He pushes the good family man reputation a lot around here, and it sadly seems to have stuck more than his party line votes. He cares so much about families that he votes for torture and war! The only time he went against the Bush/Cheney party line, if I recall correctly, was for SChip, low cost health insurance for children. *sigh* I’ve actually been waiting for this. Fossella supposedly “represents” me in Congress. I voted against him every chance I had!

I feel very sorry for his wife and kids–much less sorry for him. He pushes the good family man reputation a lot around here, and it sadly seems to have stuck more than his party line votes. He cares so much about families that he votes for torture and war!

The only time he went against the Bush/Cheney party line, if I recall correctly, was for SChip, low cost health insurance for children.

]]> by: exholt http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514519 Fri, 09 May 2008 17:44:24 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514519 <blockquote>Anyone can exercise bad judgment in their choice of spouse (I certainly did). </blockquote> Exercising bad judgment in choosing her spouse implies that his wife or other similarly situated spouses in question had the information and clues available that could have prevented such bad judgment before marriage. That is not always the case as many divorced individuals and unhappily married couples would tell you. Life is not so simple and cut and dry as your statement implies.

Anyone can exercise bad judgment in their choice of spouse (I certainly did).

Exercising bad judgment in choosing her spouse implies that his wife or other similarly situated spouses in question had the information and clues available that could have prevented such bad judgment before marriage.

That is not always the case as many divorced individuals and unhappily married couples would tell you. Life is not so simple and cut and dry as your statement implies.

]]> by: togolosh http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514510 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:28:48 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514510 I predict a round of "what about Chappaquiddick?" from the right over this. I urge my fellow liberals to respond with "Kennedy should have gotten jail time." He didn't get off because he's a Democrat, he got off because he's and Aristocrat, just the same as Dubya got special treatment for his DWI, and Cheney got special treatment for his shooting of wossname. I predict a round of “what about Chappaquiddick?” from the right over this. I urge my fellow liberals to respond with “Kennedy should have gotten jail time.” He didn’t get off because he’s a Democrat, he got off because he’s and Aristocrat, just the same as Dubya got special treatment for his DWI, and Cheney got special treatment for his shooting of wossname.

]]> by: queerunity http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514507 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:20:20 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514507 he was so busy protecting other marriages, he forgot about his own! http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com he was so busy protecting other marriages, he forgot about his own!

http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com

]]> by: queerunity http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514506 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:19:44 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514506 he was so busy protecting other marriages, he forgot about his own! oops! <a href="http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com</a> he was so busy protecting other marriages, he forgot about his own! oops!

http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com

]]> by: deep6 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514497 Fri, 09 May 2008 15:41:11 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/09/another-republican-protects-the-sanctity-of-marriage/#comment-514497 High fives to the anesthesiologist for such a straight up comment. High fives to the anesthesiologist for such a straight up comment.

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