Joanna Newsom's cousin is a shit (allegedly)

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Imagine that, mountzed AND thronged!

Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link

There's a certain breed of SF socialite or wannabe socialite from the Marina that are all over this guy like white on rice.

M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 21:53 (seventeen years ago) link

i predict this will effect newsom's popularity exactly not at all

kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, although his popularity isn't what it was back during the gay marriage period.

polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link

this woman is the least attractive woman he's been attached to. it would be a shame that she would be his downfall. bring back ms. mountz!

kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link

his taste is pretty odd post-Kimby.

First the scientologist c-list actress
Then the 19 year old Aqua hostess
Then 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

how come no-one cared when willie brown had affairs? certainly it didn't get this kind of coverage. I guess people jsut aren't scared of newsom.

kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:24 (seventeen years ago) link

how come no-one cared when willie brown had affairs? certainly it didn't get this kind of coverage. I guess people jsut aren't scared of newsom.

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

are you fucking kidding me? he had a whole bevy of them working in his office!!!!!

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Really?

M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:32 (seventeen years ago) link

The only thing this could effect is his potential candidacy on a state or national level. There was a profile of him in the New Yorker a few years back that set him up as one of the main new Democrats under 40.

Eazy (Eazy), Thursday, 1 February 2007 22:35 (seventeen years ago) link

http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/02/02/ba_newsom_013_mac.jpg

lol

deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 1 February 2007 23:04 (seventeen years ago) link

lmao @ huffington's defense of newsom - of course, her pol hubby was fucking dudes during their marriage, but that was part of the deal.

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

"Really?"

Really.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 February 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

"The only thing this could effect is his potential candidacy on a state or national level."

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

This is hitting the national level... Pelosi's catching heat for "SF values" again.

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 2 February 2007 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link

She'd be catching heat for something anyway.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 February 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.nintendorks.com/chris/archives/mariostar2.jpg

timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 4 February 2007 22:48 (seventeen years ago) link

well well well...

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

Whoa. Well, so much for even statewide.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:47 (seventeen years ago) link

I still can't see him losing a mayoral election in San Francisco, but if this gets even dicier anything is possible.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:51 (seventeen years ago) link

And I mean let's be frank Gavin's not accomplished a whole heck of a lot (except for two very nice bytes with the gay marriage thing and the hotel workers strike.) We've def. had worse mayors, but I won't shed a whole lot of tears if we get someone new in November.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't wait for the benefit concert Joanna will headline.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I heard he shops at Bristol Farms!!!

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 00:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Fucking scumbag.

mucho (mucho), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 01:40 (seventeen years ago) link

don't blame me I voted for Matt Gonzales.

Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:49 (seventeen years ago) link

he's been a pretty lame mayor overall - apart from the hotel worker's strike I can't really think of anything worthwhile he's accomplished. The gay marriage stunt was pretty craven and pointless on a local level, and a disaster on a national one.

Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link

"Hey dude, I know I fucked your coked-up wife and got her pregnant and she had an abortion but seriously dude, I'll pay you 15k a month until you find a new job... but oh no, it's not my money, it's from my campaign funds that have been pledged for political purposes":

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

Uh, Steve, no. He's paying out of his pocket.

""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

Miguelito, his first offer was to be financed out of his campaign fund... which ultimately didn't happen as you point out, but still slimy.

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 February 2007 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link

ten months pass...

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

one year passes...

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

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

I'll probably vote for this guy in the primary, not gonna lie.

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

this picture is fucking awesome

http://www.nathanscripps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gavin_newsom_oggling1.jpg

goole, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 17:04 (fifteen 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

sarahel, Friday, 30 October 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link

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

three weeks pass...

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

and that's just his hair gel!

sarahel, Monday, 23 November 2009 20:57 (fourteen years ago) link

by which I mean, this dude is ripe for a very messy, public, career and life-destroying meltdown

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

one year passes...

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


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