― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link
First the scientologist c-list actressThen the 19 year old Aqua hostessThen this Marin-realtress looking MILF...
Dude should be getting 1st class prime cuts, not this slop.
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't recall that any of Willie's skanks worked in his office, or at least not on the City payroll.
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:35 (seventeen years ago) link
lol
― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 1 February 2007 23:04 (seventeen years ago) link
I just finished watching San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom apologize for having a sexual relationship with the wife of his former campaign manager, Alex Tourk."I'm deeply sorry," he said during a brief City Hall news conference.The TV described this as "Breaking News." By what definition? I mean, really, why is this anybody's business -- except for Mr.Newsom, Mr. Tourk, Mr. Tourk's wife (the evocatively named Ruby Rippey-Tourk), and Mr. Newsom's ex-wife.Why is this a public matter? Despite my less-than-stellar opinion of much of the media, I am still shocked that with Iraq continuing to implode (with January setting a deadly record for Iraqi civilian deaths, and another 61 killed today), and all the other problems facing the world, the media are willing to use up their precious air-time oxygen with pointless crap like this.Our political and media culture clearly regards sex and scandal the same way Vince Lombardi felt about winning: it isn't everything -- it's the only thing.This media fixation on personal peccadilloes is a perfect example of what G.K. Chesterton warned about: "If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals, it is the modern strengthening of minor morals."I've been writing about the need for a thick line to be drawn between public matters and private lives for years (see here, here, and here). But that hasn't stopped the never-ending cycle of public voyeurism, titillation, admission, contrition, and inevitable prime-time absolution. There was Wolf Blitzer, following up Newsom's news conference by promising: "We're going to have a lot more on this story." I bet they will. And I can already hear any number of TV news personalities clearing their throats and getting ready to usher Newsom into their broadcast confessional.Spare me. Please.Unless Newsom misused public funds in the course of his affair or broke some law, this isn't a matter for CNN, it's a matter for Newsom, his friends, and his therapist (if he has one).I've said it before and I'll say it again: Unless a politician has broken the law, there is only one legitimate answer to the illegitimate probing of private lives: "It's none of your business." (If the pol in question is really popular, "Go to Hell!" is an acceptable substitute.)I am utterly uninterested in the marital fidelity of our politicians. "Does not stray" might be a wonderful attribute in a husband -- or a dog -- but history has clearly shown that it says nothing about what kind of leader a person will be.Our politicians need to keep their private lives private, and the media need to keep their focus on what does -- and what surely does not -- constitute news. "Breaking" or otherwise.
― timmy tannin (pompous), Friday, 2 February 2007 03:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 2 February 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Really.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link
State. Gavin ain't going to win any elections nationally anyway.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 2 February 2007 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 February 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 4 February 2007 22:48 (seventeen years ago) link
guess who just checked into "alcohol abuse" rehab:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/05/BAG4ENV8B514.DTL
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― mucho (mucho), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/08/MNGN5O12RP1.DTL
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 February 2007 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link
""Because the campaign laws on this are so unclear, the mayor decided the simplest and most appropriate thing to do was for him to personally pay any remaining salary to Alex Tourk until he gets a job," said Sutton."
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 8 February 2007 18:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 February 2007 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link
yo, sf ilxors, how's gavin's lovelife these days??
― gershy, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i heard joanna's g-diddy founded welch's grape juice
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ g-diddy
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has made it official—he's running to become California's next governor. The 41-year-old mayor used the social networking sites Twitter and Facebook to announce on Tuesday that he was seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Newsom could face 71-year-old Attorney General Jerry Brown and 64-year-old Lt. Gov. John Garamendi in next year's Democratic primary. Brown was governor from 1975 to 1983.
Other Democrats mentioned as possible contenders include 56-year-old Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and 75-year-old U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
― velko, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 06:20 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.nathanscripps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gavin_newsom_oggling1.jpg
― velko, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 06:28 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/images/photos/new_years_eve_061231/mw2w5902_std.jpg
― velko, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 06:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll probably vote for this guy in the primary, not gonna lie.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 07:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Gavin Newsom has always reminded me of Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho
― photoshop your disgusting ass partner into passive-aggressive notes (sarahel), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 08:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Over Jerry Brown????
― M.V., Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
this guy is gonna fail so hard.
American Psycho resemblance has been widely discussed
― shit was shocking as fuck back then (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm not voting for him.
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
he will hook u up w chix & drinx
― velko, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah I am so not voting for this jackass. guy has accomplished nothing
― shit was shocking as fuck back then (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
really hope villaraigosa runs too for maximum lolz
― velko, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I would probably vote for Gary Coleman if he chose to run again.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
villaraigosa vs. newsom would be a great matchup of foot-in-mouth narcissist lols
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
coupla bros just chasing tail
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9f8lGPn6xEc/SZsEOaDe-pI/AAAAAAAAAk4/7GfAVuwtruI/s320/Villaraigosa+and+Newsome.jpg
― velko, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I believe the technical term is "cooze-hound"
― shit was shocking as fuck back then (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Interesting that comes out the day after the Brown recorded phone coversations...
― l'homme moderne: il forniquait et lisait des journaux (Michael White), Friday, 30 October 2009 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
"who has been seen as a leading contender to be the next governor of California"
lulz
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't believe Jerry Brown's our nominee. (Not that I would prefer Gavin.)
At least old people will vote for him, right?
― iatee, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
i kinda regret voting for him for mayor
― sarahel, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Jerry Brown that is, not Gavin
Time for the suede denim secret police?
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
thing is, a lot of Newsom's mayoral policies remind me of that song
― sarahel, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
sort of rocking a christian bale-type self-serious face in the picture at that link
― amateurist, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
He'll hack up some woman while listening to Phil Collins tonight, no doubt about it.
― We call them "meat hemorrhoids" (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
that's what Project Homeless Connect is really about
― sarahel, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
fwiw, in case anyone hasn't noticed there are still tons of crazy homeless people pissing all over the city
way to go mister mayor!
― one less mouth to feed is one less mouth to feed (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 30 October 2009 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
he can't hack them all up at once
― sarahel, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Well done Gavin.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
someone please intercut this with the Christian Bale meltdown.
― sarahel, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
this movie doesn't have a happy ending
― the butt is like a wailin' guitar solo (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
by which I mean, this dude is ripe for a very messy, public, career and life-destroying meltdown
― the butt is like a wailin' guitar solo (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe he'll end being a serial killer.
― sarahel, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
So slimy.
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
http://images.artistdirect.com/Images/nad/video/tribune/74686/74686_bg.jpg
― smashing aspirant (milo z), Monday, 23 November 2009 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
and that's just his hair gel!
― sarahel, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Didn't he already have one?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 November 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean an even worse one! Probably involving public nudity, crying, violence, or some combo thereof
― the butt is like a wailin' guitar solo (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 November 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't say I've been following him too closely, but wow is he a class 'A' douche.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 23 November 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Gavin's class "A" all the way!
― sarahel, Monday, 23 November 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
http://sfist.com/attachments/SFist_AndrewD/newsom_skates.jpg
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
no meltdown, but his star has certainly fizzled out completely. the once-and-future governor seems to be barely a politician now.
― akm, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 06:06 (twelve years ago) link