Dateline: San Francisco / from the Apology Files (TM):
Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday confirmed reports that he had an affair with the wife of his reelection campaign manager and apologized.
In a packed news conference, Newsom emerged to offer a brief, somber apology, taking no questions. “I want to make it clear that everything you’ve heard and read is true, and I’m deeply sorry about that,” Newsom said. “I’ve hurt someone I care deeply about — Alex Tourk and his friends and family. And that is something I have to live with.”
Saying he is recommitted to the business of governing, Newsom went on to apologize to City Hall and the citizens of San Francisco. “My personal lapse of judgment aside, I am committed to restoring their trust and confidence. . . . We will now be working aggressively to advance our agenda in the city.”
What—he won’t be going to rehab for his sex addiction?
p.s. Arianna darling:
I am utterly uninterested in the marital fidelity of our politicians.
I know it sounds good to say so, but on this matter, you are a constituency of one.
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Thanks for the compliment, Phoenix.
San Francisco used to be a pretty nice place until about the time my generation moved in and screwed it up.
‘Summer of Love’?
More like ’summer of let’s see how fucked up we can make this place’.
They were successful beyond their wildest hallucinations.
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