Common sense

The more I think about this growing civil war in Portland, the more I realize how sensible is the suggestion of a new election on May 19. Ballots are being printed anyway, so the expense would be negligible. Our lying mayor could be in the race and see how many citizens still want him to lead. He would remain mayor between now and then, giving him time to show off his skills (i.e. he now would announce his resignation effective May 18). If he stays, a recall can't happen until July 1 because of a very stupid Oregon law -- which means months and months of continued polarization, which will get uglier and uglier. This is a brilliant compromise, it seems to me -- suggested in an open letter at RecallSamAdams.com, demonstrating the good sense of the those founding the recall movement. Adams got votes by lying. Let's see how many votes he still has with the truth out.

And I continue to be appalled, absolutely appalled, by some of my liberal friends who think this is about sex and is therefore a private, trivial matter. The facts are abundantly clear that Adams manipulated the situation for political advantage, lying many time over and even "playing the gay card," claiming that an early investigation into what ended up being the truth was a witch hunt based on gay stereotypes -- this from the future poster boy for those same stereotypes! I don't understand some of my liberal friends who continue to trust a guy like this just because he has good progressive civic ideas. They must believe the ends justify the means. Unless, of course, it's torture ha ha. (And imagine what they'd be saying if we had a conservative mayor who had seduced a teenage girl!)

"People are more interesting than anybody," my late mom always said.