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Adam Giambrone having an affair...ruins mayoral bid? (pg. 9)
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by smuncky
Adam Giambrone and Our Need for Political Wives
Most of us woke up this morning to the news that TTC chair and mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone (Ward 18, Davenport) was apologizing for an "inappropriate relationship" he had been having for the past year or so with a young woman who was not his live-in partner. Reaction has covered all the usual talking points, with competing choruses of Who cares about politicians' personal lives? and How can someone who'd betray his partner be trusted to run the city? playing out in newspaper comment sections and coffee shops across the city.
If history is any guide, there is little correlation between a politician's personal life and his or her ability to lead. There have been bad faithful politicians and great adulterous ones, just as there have been politicians who have been both successful and faithful and others who have failed on both counts at once. We all would prefer our leaders to be unimpeachable in every respect, but not a single one ever has been and not a single one ever will be. Nor should it be the media's job to hunt down and publish every last vagary of a public figure's personal life.
It is reasonable for voters to rely on all available information in assessing a candidate's worthiness for office, and to debate what of that information is relevant to making the assessment. It will be up to Torontonians to decide, over the course of this election cycle, who has on balance the strengths they most want and the weaknesses they are most willing to live with.
What is, however, quite striking about this situation is what it reveals about our political culture. Specifically, it highlights that we seem somehow still attached to the notion of the political spouse. Right or wrongly, it appears that Giambrone felt his candidacy would benefit from him having a partner by his side. He is young, he is contemporary, he represents a generational shift in the political life of our city. And yet...
We have no interest in speculating on the particulars of Giambrone's personal relationships, we do not yet know how much of the report published today will stand, and we have no idea what further details might emerge. We are seeking neither to exculpate nor to condemn Giambrone—the most any of us can and should do is decide whether or not to vote for him. But we need to move, as a society, past the antiquated and entirely misguided notion that there is one right model of a life, much less a family life, that befits a candidate for public office. If, as the Star reported, Giambrone really did describe his relationship with his live-in partner as "important for the campaign," that is a tragic reflection of a political culture that is mired in a hidebound and exclusionary conception of what our leaders ought to be. Whatever else may or may not be true, it is deeply unfortunate that our political culture still exerts such pressures, and deeply unfortunate that Giambrone fell prey to them.
http://torontoist.com/2010/02/on_ca...tical_wives.php |
Great article, thank you. Exactly what I was trying to say. |
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| Ravist |
| didn't Giambrone promise before being chairman of the TTC that the fares wouldnt go up, but then they did anyways? If its actually true then he doesnt sound like a very honest person at all. And whether he lied in relationships or in his career, it definitely reflects on his character as others said and just shows he just has a case of verbal diarrhea. |
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| Vivid Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ravist
didn't Giambrone promise before being chairman of the TTC that the fares wouldnt go up, but then they did anyways? If its actually true then he doesnt sound like a very honest person at all. And whether he lied in relationships or in his career, it definitely reflects on his character as others said and just shows he just has a case of verbal diarrhea. |
hes single he can who he wants in the butt. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by smuncky
Adam Giambrone and Our Need for Political Wives
Most of us woke up this morning to the news that TTC chair and mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone (Ward 18, Davenport) was apologizing for an "inappropriate relationship" he had been having for the past year or so with a young woman who was not his live-in partner. Reaction has covered all the usual talking points, with competing choruses of Who cares about politicians' personal lives? and How can someone who'd betray his partner be trusted to run the city? playing out in newspaper comment sections and coffee shops across the city.
If history is any guide, there is little correlation between a politician's personal life and his or her ability to lead. There have been bad faithful politicians and great adulterous ones, just as there have been politicians who have been both successful and faithful and others who have failed on both counts at once. We all would prefer our leaders to be unimpeachable in every respect, but not a single one ever has been and not a single one ever will be. Nor should it be the media's job to hunt down and publish every last vagary of a public figure's personal life.
It is reasonable for voters to rely on all available information in assessing a candidate's worthiness for office, and to debate what of that information is relevant to making the assessment. It will be up to Torontonians to decide, over the course of this election cycle, who has on balance the strengths they most want and the weaknesses they are most willing to live with.
What is, however, quite striking about this situation is what it reveals about our political culture. Specifically, it highlights that we seem somehow still attached to the notion of the political spouse. Right or wrongly, it appears that Giambrone felt his candidacy would benefit from him having a partner by his side. He is young, he is contemporary, he represents a generational shift in the political life of our city. And yet...
We have no interest in speculating on the particulars of Giambrone's personal relationships, we do not yet know how much of the report published today will stand, and we have no idea what further details might emerge. We are seeking neither to exculpate nor to condemn Giambrone—the most any of us can and should do is decide whether or not to vote for him. But we need to move, as a society, past the antiquated and entirely misguided notion that there is one right model of a life, much less a family life, that befits a candidate for public office. If, as the Star reported, Giambrone really did describe his relationship with his live-in partner as "important for the campaign," that is a tragic reflection of a political culture that is mired in a hidebound and exclusionary conception of what our leaders ought to be. Whatever else may or may not be true, it is deeply unfortunate that our political culture still exerts such pressures, and deeply unfortunate that Giambrone fell prey to them.
http://torontoist.com/2010/02/on_ca...tical_wives.php |
i love how the left wing always blames society for the illdoings of someone. Again, i dont think most of this story should have any bearing on his political life. But "the devil made me do it" doesnt work as an excuse for a child and shouldnt work as an adult. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by gummybear
Name me one politician that is considered universally good..past or present.
Depending on who you talk to, they all suck..:) |
thats true.... |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | A Canadian mayoral candidate, 32-year-old Adam Giambrone has dropped out of a political race after admitting to having and affair with a woman named Kristen Lucas behind his live in partners back.
Giambrone, who was running to become the mayor of Toronto, Canada admitted to the steamy lover affair with Kristen Lucas to media in a surprise statement.
Friends of Kristen Lucas, now thrust into the media spot light after the Adam Giambrone scandal, say she is an aspiring actress and glamour model who ''wants to be famous."
Picture: Scandal girl, Kristen Lucas had steamy adult relationship with political candidate on Toronto city hall couch....
A 20-year-old University student, Kristen Lucas and the Adam Giambrone scandal is not the hottest topic on the lips of Toronto locals. Kristen Lucas may just get her wish.
So interested in cashing in on the scandal that has ruined her casual lover and political candidate Adam Giambrone, Kristen Lucas even sent glamorous pictures of herself to popular Canadian blogs.
The 20-year-old has since deleted her Twitter account but friends of the student say she will do whatever it takes to become famous.
In a statement yesterday, Adam Giambrone said of his affair with Kristen Lucas and other Canadian beauties: "In an effort to bring this chapter to a close let me say I did have intimate relationships for a period that lasted throughout most of last year with women other than my partner. I apologize to them for the hurt I have caused. I regret deeply not having made this full disclosure earlier to Sarah [McQuarrie], my partner, and to my family my friends and my supporters as well."
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So shes an aspiring actress and model who friends say will do anything to get famous. That explains everything.
I find this part even more interesting | quote: | | So interested in cashing in on the scandal that has ruined her casual lover and political candidate Adam Giambrone, Kristen Lucas even sent glamorous pictures of herself to popular Canadian blogs. |
As i said, this whole affair speaks volumes more about her as a person than it does of him. |
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| FunkyCrew |
I can just imagine how mortified her parents are
what a disgrace! |
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| EricB. |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
I can just imagine how mortified her parents are
what a disgrace! |
They're lesbian's. I you not. |
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| StereoPrincess |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
As i said, this whole affair speaks volumes more about her as a person than it does of him. |
she looks like a blow up doll and probably has the intelligence and usefulness of on too. |
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| gummybear |
Men have been ruled by their dicks since the beginning of time..shocker.
The scary thing is that we live in a time where humans are ruled by money. Her obvious desire to have her 15 minutes all leads to the mighty dollar. That's why I don't understand why powerful men are so trusting and stupid. Is the desire to get laid that intense??
The cheating part isn't the scary thing here..that's been going on and wil go on FOREVER. It's the utter silliness of these men that don't think these SEEMINGLY low budget women, aren't going to cash in. It's just so scary how stupid men can be...:D :D :D :D :D :D
and for those boys who get offended..I use men as the example because I have not heard of a high profile story where a powerful woman was caught with her legs spread...:) |
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