Villaraigos Affair May Not Be One To Remember (Shades of Clinton)

The Los Angeles Times ^ | July 7, 2007 | Steve Hymon and Duke Helfand, Staff Writers

[truthkeeper]

Larry Gerston believes that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa may have written the first lines of his political obituary this week by acknowledging a long-running affair with a television newscaster who covered City Hall.

"All I can say is that if I were him, I wouldn't make any plans to run for the Democratic nomination [for governor] in 2010," said Gerston, a political science professor at San Jose State.

Other analysts say not so fast: If the mayor sticks to his political knitting, there is plenty of time to recover — he is only halfway through his first four-year term as mayor. And voters can be very forgiving, as Villaraigosa himself proved by winning election despite admitting a separate affair in 1994 that nearly ended his marriage.

"If the public trusts you to do the right thing in your capacity as a public official on issues impacting them and their families — schools, public safety, transportation, jobs — then you can survive the personal issues regardless of whether they do or do not trust you personally," said Democratic Party operative Chris Lehane, who worked for President Clinton...

[Buffettfan]

Get real people, ethnic politicians can commit any type of crime with impunity. Remember Mayor Barry of Washington, DC? Blacks did not care, they relected this clown again and again. The traitorous reconquestas in LA are no different.