tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post3389944554011219928..comments2023-09-22T09:03:09.417-04:00Comments on Townie Bastard: Faulty wiringtowniebastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-74323116773043653242008-08-16T00:38:00.000-04:002008-08-16T00:38:00.000-04:00Well, in terms of when to admit it, he picked abou...Well, in terms of when to admit it, he picked about the best time for people to ignore it. On a Friday, the day the Olympics started, in August. Obviously it never went unnoticed, but certainly most people had things they were more interested in paying attention to that the infedility of a former presidential candidate.<BR/><BR/>As for why admit it at all, I suspect it was finally getting to the point where it was becoming impossible to ignore. Most mainstream media were ignoring it, apparently in a rare show of compassion, because of his wife's health (she's not expected to live much longer, I believe).<BR/><BR/>But also I suspect there might have been some pressure from senior Democrats for him to admit it now, so that the story didn't finally break open in October, when it might have been a distraction for the Obama campaign.towniebastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-55878642122840747162008-08-15T23:08:00.000-04:002008-08-15T23:08:00.000-04:00Hey - Ya know, that's not the part that gets me. I...Hey - <BR/><BR/>Ya know, that's not the part that gets me. I have no problem believing that a politician could run for the presidency, while having an affair on his ill wife, and possibly fathering a child to boot. <BR/><BR/>I simply cannot understand why he felt it was a good idea *now* to go on tv and admit to it. But not to fathering the child, or that his wife was ill during the affair, but it's all the evil "supermarket tabloids" fault. <BR/><BR/>He's no longer running for anything, he has no reason to try to difuse the story, no one outside of the National Enquirer was really doing much with it. <BR/><BR/>Part of me wonders if his wife was punishing him for the affair - your going to go on tv, admit to an affair no one really cares about anymore, ruin any chance you will ever have to be elected president or to be selected as anyone's running mate and generally sound like a complete douche bag. That'll teach ya! <BR/><BR/>OMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com