Randy Cassingham's Blog

Actually, from the photo you can't tell whether she has a political seat...

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True, but political muscle is more important anyway. -rc

Have you considered they may have voted to recall her, not because of the skimpy-clothing pictures but because anybody dumb enough to think it's private because it's called "MySpace" doesn't need to have any kind of job in government? That would have been why I'd have voted to recall her. She's not exactly staggering under the weight of her outsized I.Q. if you ask me.

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Well, to be honest, no: that didn't occur to me. But do you really think the voters are smart enough to have come to that conclusion? After all, we "get the politicians we deserve" and all.... -rc

Unfortunately, one of the largest problems with the United States today is that the majority of the public judges our "leaders" based on their personal life and not on whether they can perform their job. Perhaps she was recalled because of something other than this photo but considering the timing, it is pretty suspicious.

It is time that we, the people of the United States, stop our obsession with voyeurism and start worrying about the real problems with our society. Right now we have a president in office that has blatantly ignored the Constitution of the United States and yet the people are more concerned with a mayor that wears lingerie or which famous person is having sex with another.

Call me naive, but I think someone's personal life is just that...their personal life.

I thought the media dogfighting over Elliot Spitzer was in very bad taste...his real crime wasn't in messing around with hookers, it was for committing perjury. But the media sort of downplayed that...they made it look like he was being busted from office for soliciting prostitutes.

My opinion is...so what? As long as he wasn't playing hide and seek in his office with a subordinate, or using our tax dollars (neither of which I believe were the case), I don't care if any politician messes around with another consenting adult, or group of adults.

By the way, lying to the media isn't perjury...it's not even a crime. In my case, I consider it a valid means of amusement...especially when I consider their questions to be nobody's business.

I think there must be a lot more to the story regarding Ms Kontur-Gronquist than the racy picture. But since the good citizens recalled her, she no longer has to worry about what they think. She already knows.

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I'm with you almost 100%, but you got Spitzer's real crime wrong. He made a name of himself by busting prostitution rings. He got elected by promising to "clean up" New York from such "criminal" enterprises. And at the same time he was making it possible for them to flourish (by paying them huge sums of money). Either you're for this, or against it; you can't say one and do the other. That's hypocrisy, and to me, that's a social (and political) felony. Spitzer deserved to lose his office. But then, so do a lot of politicians.... -rc

I have been trying to figure out for years why underwear is so objectional when bikinis usually show more skin. Maybe my age (63) is befuddling me.

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No, I'm with you. While I don't like to see guys with baggy pants, I think it's stupid to try to make it illegal. They're showing far less than at the community swimming pool. -rc

Just a thought: What was she doing in her bra and Panties in what looks like a Fire Department? Public funds pay for the photo and internet? Just a thought.

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I never saw an allegation that she did any of this on city time or with city funds. -rc

Personally, I would vote to keep her based on that photo. We need more politicians who take care of themselves physically, and maybe that's why the vote ended up being so close. Sure, she might be a little airheaded for not understanding the privacy (or lack thereof) of MySpace, but let's put things in perspective here. She's the mayor of a small town with apparently less than 300 registered voters. Her duties as mayor probably take up one day every week. It's not as if she has keys to the nuclear arsenal.

It could be that some people really were upset with her management of a golf course, but think about it for a second. In this day and age, which is going to motivate voters to come to the polls: a golf course or a skimpy lingerie photo?

I am unable to find the source for her statement about MySpace and My Space. The links you provided go to a password-protected site. All I find is a lot of blogs quoting one another.

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Looks like they've pulled the stories into the paid archive area. Sorry! -rc

WOW! I wonder if she's still single? Whoops, wrong topic, given her 'equipment' I guess the folks are just a little jealous! LOL!

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Well, I suppose if you're in Milwaukee, Oregon, you can pop down and check her out! -rc

I'd love to have a mayor in my city that was so beautiful and not ashamed to show it.

But........if she couldn't hack the job, I don't care how good she looks in lingere. It seems the truth to this story lies in the lesser known details and not just the sensationalism the mainstream media wants to capitalize on.