back to top19 Comments to “Gavin Newsom ends bid for governor”

1. BY Nana 10.31.09 AT 3:06 PM

   Agreeing with your thinking Scott. Prop. *may have been a “good” harbinger, too.

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2. BY Nana 10.31.09 AT 3:07 PM

   Above * = 8, of course.

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3. BY Buzzy 10.31.09 AT 3:13 PM

   I thought he had also defined himself as the face of mayors who have affairs with the wives of their campaign managers and deputy chiefs of staff. Maybe that issue wasn’t getting a lot of traction with the voters either.

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4. BY Victoria 10.31.09 AT 3:32 PM

   He made a GOOD CHOICE – he wouldn’t have made it in the GOV’s race, – people believe that California is just about as liberal as it gets, but the vote on PROP 8 proved that theory wrong – Hollywood doesn’t have a handle on the issue we voted on last year.

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5. BY Justus331 10.31.09 AT 3:43 PM

   Now is the good people (cough) of San Francisco would do the right thing and vote Nancy Pelosi into the private sector…..

   *ain’t holding my breath on that one*

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6. BY NJLawyer 10.31.09 AT 3:50 PM

   But Victoria, Hollywood has control of tv, and what they are putting on tv early at night — I don’t know California or the rest of the country overcomes that.

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7. BY Victoria 10.31.09 AT 3:52 PM

   I don’t think Pelosi has a clue to how UN-POPULAR she is. If she get’s another term it will surprise no one – San Francisco is as liberal as it gets. HOWEVER, the House isn’t jumping up and down, soooo she can sit in a seat, but it won’t have any significance.

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8. BY Victoria 10.31.09 AT 4:01 PM

   NJL – 6

   Hollywood can put whatever they like on TV, but it proves nothing. If they could have swayed the voters on PROP 8 they would have, but all the programs, all the homosexual ‘drama’ didn’t win the same sex marriage bill.

   I don’t know how much TV people watch here, the weather makes a big difference as we don’t have snow in the southland or many other parts of the state. People tend to mill about in the open malls, having a sandwich, salad with friends – using their PC’s for business and school – I haven’t heard too many mention TV shows because their too busy with other things. Kids have practice in the evening (sports) so that eleminates a lot of TV.

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9. BY adios 10.31.09 AT 4:05 PM

   Newsom’s problem was not just his stand on gay marriage. It was more his track record as mayor of San Fran. He was long on progressive issues and short on parks, potholes and and what a city really needs. Many, even in the the Democratic, saw him as trying to leap frog into a heftier position than he truly had experience for. Not that that never happens in politicts. Let’s just say he was no Diane Feinstien.

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10. BY CCC 10.31.09 AT 5:08 PM

    Just a thought – if you don’t want to be defined by one issue, then perhaps you shouldn’t become the poster boy for that issue.

    At least he doesn’t hide his beliefs like a lot of bureaucrats and all of the SCOTUS nominees.

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11. BY Random Name 10.31.09 AT 5:41 PM

    Move on, move on, nothing to see; just the conservative Christians chewing the scenery as usual.

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12. BY Sawgunner 10.31.09 AT 10:49 PM

    I’m sure Newsom’s commitmt to same-sex marriage was as hollow as his commitmt to normal marriage was. I dont live in Ca and yet when I saw him on the prop 8 ads with his annoying “Gay marriage is coming to California whether you like it or not!” declaration over and over I grew tired of him.
    I hope he moves east and buddies up with NJ’s former Guv, McGreevey.

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13. BY NJLawyer 11.01.09 AT 7:43 AM

    I don’t know, Sawgunner. Does Newsom have a lot of money? Because Jimbo only goes for guys who can support him.

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14. BY mynock 11.01.09 AT 11:58 AM

    I might just be cynical, but I find it hard to believe that he gave up based on the polls alone. I suspect there is another affair we don’t know about.

    Which is all good news. Gavin is okay state wide. He’s what Californians like in governors…socially liberal, environmentalist, pro-business.

    But I wouldn’t trust Gavin to fix a bankrupt state budget. He’s just not great with figures that way. And unfortunately for Gavin, the next gov race won’t be about recycling.

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15. BY Joel Mark 11.01.09 AT 6:00 PM

    Newsom’s disrespect for the law and for the American polical process was clear in his defiant sanctioning of homosexual marriage (a few years ago) regardless of the will of the people before they were even legal. I would thing that even a homosexual advocate with at least some respect for the law itself and for the process would not want that in a leader. But I could be wrong.

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16. BY Random Name 11.01.09 AT 8:33 PM

    Joel, I’ve often said that I am not particularly in favor of “gay marriage.” However, I believe that homosexuals should be allowed to form legal unions under some other name, as may happen in Washington state.

    Conservative Christians are opposing this reasonable compromise as vigorously as they can, which they have every legal right to do. If they lose, which we will know in a few days, will you advise them to obey the law?

    By the way, please explain to me why Christians should be allowed to proselytize in countries where the dominant religious group does not want their young people pulled into other religious beliefs. As a person with no religious affiliation, I don’t understand why Christians consider it their right to do so.

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17. BY Sawgunner 11.02.09 AT 7:20 AM

    Random, I’ve seen little evidence that homosexual men (note: I speak not here of lesbians) stay together very long. And a monogamous “forsaking all others” marriage? Not gonna happen with the males. They actually expect their partners to cheat on occasion. No fret of those affairs creating any type of “love child”.

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18. BY Pastor Roy 11.02.09 AT 12:28 PM

    Wow the State that rejected gay marriage is rejecting the Mayor of San Francisco. What should this tell the GLBT Community and their supports?

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19. BY Random Name 11.03.09 AT 10:37 PM

    #17

    I have know quite a few homosexual people. However, I don’t hold myself up as an expert on homosexuality, and I regard your implicit claims to know all about how all homosexuals behave with considerable skepticism.

    I have known some quite stable male homosexual relationships. I have known some very unstable male homosexual relationships. About 50% of heterosexual marriages fail, so it’s reasonable to say that human beings in general are not very good at maintaining sexual/romantic relationships. Those people of any combination who can overcome these odds should have the opportunity to do so.

    I regard your statement as I do from similar ones from most conservative Christians here at wmb with considerable skepticism. I have described this as “heads we win; tails you lose.” You are sure you are right because of your religious beliefs. If you find a factual assertion that supports your religious belief, you toss it out as dressing. If it proves not true or less true than you claim, it doesn’t matter because you know Biblical / God truth. This is not serious discussion. It’s just ranting.

    If you had the honesty to admit that no facts would change your made up mind, the discussion would at least be a little more honest.

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