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ab33
09/24/09

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I read about this on the NYT at the beginning of the summer, and then promptly forgot about it, so thanks for writing about it here.

I'm very active in my college's volunteer organization, and it's really hard to get people to care enough to sacrifice even an hour a week to help others. We need all the help we can get. Shame on you, Vatican!
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Laulau
09/24/09

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The Church failing to abide by the teachings of Jesus is hardly new, though. I'm not pointing out anything new, but the Pope lives in crazy splendor. Consistency aside, I'm just not clear on why anyone would try to interfere with people who have devoted their lives to helping others. Seriously, trying to stop women who have sacrificed personal gain in order to alleviate the suffering of others. Religious or not, that just makes you a terrible human being.
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J.D.Regent
09/24/09

@Laulau: what, you don't think the nuns are wearing free Prada shoes?
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Dirk Anger
09/30/09

@Laulau: I haven't had much contact with nuns in my life, but I know tons of people who have. Yeah, anecdotal evidence but whatever: I heard one saying "I wish she would die already and stop making so much noise" about a terminal patient in the next bed (the patient happened to be my grandmother). They put kids to clean and didn't feed them until they considered they have earned it. I could go on for hours because I live in a Catholic country where state/church separation is a joke (it's a joke now, and it was something you might go to jail or get killed for mentioning when my parents were going to school/college), and where it's nearly impossible study in a residence that's not run by nuns. So, yeah, they feed the poor, yay for them. Many other people do good actions and none of them expect to be shielded from all critic for it.

EDIT: I'm not referring to the Vatican, I'm referring to your affirmation that it takes a horrible person to criticise them.
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LaComtesse
09/24/09

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I'm beginning to think the current Pope is a secret atheist and is trying to take down Catholicism from the inside "Hmmm, let's see: Pope JP2 was known for making Catholicism more inclusive... so what if we put all the stuff about converting the Jews back into the mass, stop having dialogue with Jews and Muslims, put emphasis on the whole birth control and sex thing again, and, oh yeah! Let's try to get the nuns to hate us, too!"
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bluebears
09/24/09

@LaComtesse: its so awful. and they're going after a body of women that commits itself to community outreach, to justice for the poor, to doing the real grunt work of living out the supposed mission of the Catholic church.
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LaComtesse
09/24/09

@bluebears: Nu-uh. The sole mission of the Catholic church is to serve the Pope, right? Um... right?
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bluebears
09/24/09

@LaComtesse: yup. I hear he likes purple marble.
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LaFemme
09/24/09

@LaComtesse: If this keeps up, I give it 10 years, 20 tops before the number of people entering the priesthood or nunneries is so low the Pope is begging Catholics for their first born children.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
09/24/09

@LaComtesse: Don't forget taking the side of stepfathers impregnating 12-year-olds!
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bluebears
09/24/09

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UGH, Kate I could kiss you! I WISH Jezebel would give more coverage to the Vatican's investigation into non-cloistered nuns. It is APPALLING.
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Experiment626
09/09/09

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It's practically a requirement now... to join the GOP, you have to have family values and you have to publicly forsake those values in an extramarital affair. Extra points and slight seniority for gross factor.
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wtfox?!
09/09/09

@Experiment626: Yeah. The affairs on their own are, by the standards of the GOP, pretty boring. But when you add in the inadvertent confession into the live mike, the... oh god forgive me, the dripping, and the eyepatch panties... I think Duvall qualifies as a legitimate contender for the Conservative Douche-Hypocrite Cup.
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ytuhermanotambien
09/09/09

@wtfox?!: The dripping is the part that both grossed me out and pissed me off, because unprotected cheating seems a billion times worse than if he'd taken the remotest precaution against infecting his wife with STIs.
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
09/09/09

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1) His comments created some truly grody mental images. The reviled term "making love" is the same one my mom used when I was little and walked in on her and my dad. (I had run from the room crying.)

2) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! HAHA YOU FUCKING HYPOCRITE!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

3) I feel bad for his family.
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GreyCat
09/09/09

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I have noticed a trend in all the responses I've read from other Republican politicians: they all state that what he said was inappropriate. No, ladies and gentlemen, what he DID was inappropriate. Talking about it was just stupid.
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SomeAuthorGirl
09/09/09

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Can you all imagine the scene around the office at KCAL before they ran this? I know how it is around my place when one of us comes across something juicy, and we don't even have a media venue to broadcast it.

Yeah, I think I just fainted again.
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mipsy6
09/09/09

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Man, California just can't seem to have a good day lately, can it? Budget crisis, gigantic wildfires, skeevy assemblyman... Sigh.
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Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
09/09/09

@mipsy6: as a liberal in California, this is the best freaking news I've had all day! Any blow against the anti-gay rights brigade is a good day in my book.
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TransFat
09/09/09

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Man, kind of makes you wish they used this sort of get-up-and-go investigative journalism on something with, you know, actual importance. But I'm all for hypocrites getting schooled for scandals.
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wilmawonker
09/09/09

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ZOINKS. And he's resigned.

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SomeAuthorGirl
09/09/09

@wilmawonker: At the very least he is not going to subject the good people of California to a long goodbye.

That said, I just read that he was a supporter of Prop 8 and uses "marriage" to describe marriage between two people of the same gender. "Marriage," indeed, sir!
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redqueenmeg
09/09/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: Marriage is between a man, a woman, and the man's two girlfriends. End of story.
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Penny_Esq
09/09/09

@wilmawonker: Excellent use of the word "zoinks."
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samethingwedoeverynightpinky
09/09/09

@redqueenmeg: I believe you mean that marriage is between a man, a woman, his two girlfriends, and their eyepatch underwear.
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frankie22
09/09/09

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Eyepatch underwear? I think that's how you get pink eye.
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Sister Jukebox
09/09/09

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Oh Lord, that's our assemblyman. It always seems to be the guys who are pushing "family values" the most are the biggest pervs.
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Penny_Esq
09/09/09

@Sister Jukebox: Now you can elect Sam Seaborne!
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WashingMyHair
09/09/09

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So a republican and energy lobbyist are in bed together and we are just finding out about it....where's the scandal? This happens everyday here in D.C. ( Maybe not quite so literally, but still. )
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SomeAuthorGirl
09/09/09

@WashingMyHair: Sure. But do they brag about it on a hot mic? That's the critical piece here.

I love that this guy did this to a co-Assemblyperson whilst not turning his mic off. Deserves every iota of scorn he gets.
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WashingMyHair
09/09/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: Agreed. TPM said that his first response was I thought it was a "private conversation." This was all before he realized it was over and he had no choice but to resign.
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SomeAuthorGirl
09/09/09

@WashingMyHair: God, I am a crappy mom... can't wait to put my little one to bed so I can enjoy this in all its glory.

I work/exist in the DC arena also - but most of the people I know who fuck around no more or no less than the average person happen to not do it while being recorded. Or, so they hope! ;)
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Penny_Esq
09/09/09

@WashingMyHair: Seriously! It's not that he was boning two women who weren't his wife, or even that he was then sharing the explicit details with his buddy! The thing he has to apologize for is inflicting it on the rest of us, which he didn't mean to do. Sorry y'all, I only meant for my bros to know about the eyepatch panties and the spanking.
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SomeAuthorGirl
09/09/09

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Oh Kate, this is gorgeous. Later on I need to follow the links to see if they disclose it all. What is shown in the news report is magnificent in its ugly -- spanking! lobbyists!

I think I just fainted.

And allow me to send a sincere hug to any Jezzies that live in this guy's district.
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WashingMyHair
09/09/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: You have to read some of the more explicit statements he says....it's very, um..enlightening. And disgusting!
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SomeAuthorGirl
09/09/09

@WashingMyHair: I cannot wait. I absolutely cannot.

The only reason I'm not hunting it down right now is that my six year old is sitting next to me -- I need to wait till she goes to bed. Family values, indeed!
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WashingMyHair
09/09/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: Hope this helps you - It's a quick link w/text of what he says-
[stupidcelebrities.net]
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SomeAuthorGirl
09/09/09

@WashingMyHair: "So messy!" I can't decide if I should giggle or throw up.

One thing that occurs to me is that I would NEVER have this sort of personal conversation with a coworker. I mean, wow. Just, wow!
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WashingMyHair
09/09/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: No shit! Who would discuss this w/a coworker? Especially if you're an elected official. It must come from arrogance.
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mllej
09/09/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: As a commenter on SFGate said, "I sure hope they've mopped the stairs."
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BabyJane
09/09/09

@WashingMyHair: This whole thing makes me want to take a shower, and not in a fun way.
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