Politics

What a month! Our first Black President and a scandal in Portland.

Let's talk about our new President, briefly. For those under 40 I don't think we really care about race as much as the media says we do. Obama won for a variety of reasons, let me list a few: he is believable, ethical character, easy to identify with, he is inclusive ("we" not "I"), and he's not John McCain. Obama's campaign was right, this election was about change. Everbody wanted it, everybody needed it. As soon as Obama beat Clinton for the nod, I knew it was over. This war has ripped a lot of dirty politicians out of Washington, it has changed the mood of America. Let's roll with Obama for awhile. I'm willing to try it. He's doing things different! Better... well, time will tell. Either way, he has y support. There is a new generation coming to power. Let's hope they do a better job then their predecessors. And let's do our part by paying closer attention.

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For those outside Portland let me catch you up, our new mayer Sam Adams (the first openly gay man of a large American city) lied about having sex with a male interm. Sam was 42, the intern was 18. He then conspired with the intern to lie to help him cover up deed so he could win the mayoral election. At the same time was maligning the accuser's reputation for spreading false (actually TRUE) rumors about Sam having sex with his intern and mentee.

Here's my beef: the tabloid media in Portland and bloggers are making this a gay issue saying things like "It's not of our business who he has sex with," "this is because people don't want a gay mayor" and lots of other things are have nothing to do with this. Let me remind them that Sam Adams is the first elected OPENLY GAY mayor of a large American City. Everyone knew he is gay. Adams won so big in the primary that he won the election without a need for a fall election, as an openly gay candidate. Clearly him being gay isn't the issue.

The issue is this: Him 42, his INTERN and person he was MENTORING was 18 (although he admits to kissing him in City Hall when the boy was underage), he lied about having sex with him, he conspired to cover it up by making this boy lie about it, slandered others who told the truth so he could win office. Oh yeah... and on Jan 30th the news broke that Mayor Adams was having sex with him while he was underage. If that's true, he's a rapist. How is this clown going to deal with Portland's problems? People are dying in the streets with the worst gang violence this city has seen since before I came here in 1994 and the mayor is missing work. RESIGN. It's time. Come clean and quit. We're tired of it, we're tired of this kind of evil from our leaders, we're tired of you. For ONCE in your life, do the right thing.