That is a risk he had no right to take.
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Holy absolutism, Batman. No, I think he has the right to mess up his marriage just the same as the rest of us.
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2008 12:41:43 pm PDT #1841 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Allyson - Aug 08, 2008 12:44:06 pm PDT #1842 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Stands in the ita corner, and also in the "she may have condoned it" corner, where I bet Dan Savage is standing.
Kathy A - Aug 08, 2008 12:46:38 pm PDT #1843 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
IsportsN, Cubs win! Cubs win! Took them 11 innings, but they finally beat the Cardinals. If they can at least win this series (sweeping it would be best!), they have put significant space between them and the third-place Cards in the standings. I'm still leery about hoping they'll get to the playoffs (been burned too many times), but I have more expectations now than I did a month ago.
Typo Boy - Aug 08, 2008 12:47:16 pm PDT #1844 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Holy absolutism, Batman. No, I think he has the right to mess up his marriage just the same as the rest of us.
And the right to risk President McCain? I mean he could have disclosed before running. But to run with something out there that can be found and used against him? How is that absolutism. In case like that you disclose so you take your hit or get past it before trying for the nomination.
megan walker - Aug 08, 2008 12:49:28 pm PDT #1845 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The researchers made exactly that point in their paper, megan. They just a correlation; they can't say what it's caused by.
See what I get for not actually clicking on the link and reading? I have parenting on the brain though, mainly because last night's Bullshit! was on "Stranger Danger".
Cass - Aug 08, 2008 12:55:49 pm PDT #1846 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
As a society we somehow feel betrayed by a man sleeping around. Why do we feel betrayed? He didn't cheat on us.
There are people I would like as my president and people I would like as a spouse. These are rarely the same people.
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Yeah, I agree. He had every right to take that risk. Just kinda sucks, for me in a political sense, that he did.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2008 1:00:46 pm PDT #1847 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And the right to risk President McCain?
Yes! It might make him an idiot, but how does the word "right" even begin to figure into it? That's hyperbole of the highest order, and ill-serves your argument.
Fact is, neither of us know what it looks like from the inside, but for some reason he thought he could get away with it, or that it was worth the risk. Two consenting adults makes it at worst a bad idea. Maybe even a very bad idea. But if he has no right to risk President McCain, shouldn't we be taking more concrete steps against the anti-Christ? I mean, if it had just been one man's zipper standing between us and the end of all we hold dear...
Tamara - Aug 08, 2008 1:01:41 pm PDT #1848 of 10003
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
There are people I would like as my president and people I would like as a spouse. These are rarely the same people.
Absolutely. Marital infidelity has nothing to do with the job.
CaBil - Aug 08, 2008 1:01:42 pm PDT #1849 of 10003
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Every girl who read Misty of Chincoteague just sighed with envy, CaBil.
I've got to read that book, because it seems that virtually all the women I have talked to have done the same thing Ginger....
Typo Boy - Aug 08, 2008 1:02:35 pm PDT #1850 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Well, I admit since he never got close to the nomination he has not in fact given us Pres. McCain. And since he is not a nominee, it was none of the media's business. But the risk I'm saying he had no right to take was not cheating on his wife. (I don't even know if it was cheating. For all we know they have an open marriage.) It is running with no disclosure. You are responsible for forseeable consequences of your actions. President McCain was a forseeable possible consequence - avoided only because he was not in fact nominated.