The name's Carlos...Carlos Danger

[Medius]

Galt nailed it with one of his statements. Corruption. The same reason a person with very bad credit doesn't get a security clearance.

I'm pretty lenient. If it happens and they own it, fine. If they take incredible measures to hide it, then I wonder what powers they are willing to abuse if given the opportunity to hide it. And if they are willing to do it for this sort of bad press, would they do it for other sorts of bad press related to their job.

[Stratego]

[NAB]

[exploited]

[Professor]

Here's my problem. He had a problem, made a mistake, whatever. He confronted it, publicly apologized, and resigned. Wonderful, great.

Let me focus on the apology, though. To apologize means that you recognize an error, that you did something wrong. It also implies that you will not do it again.

Yet, while he was in therapy for the first scandal, he did it again. If he were an alcoholic, and he fell off the wagon, even that's understandable. I'm not saying that he should have never done it again, if it were truly a psychological problem.

My problem is that he's not even acknowledging the problem. He's saying that he made a mistake. Not that he has a problem. He's in denial. This means that he isn't coming to terms with the problem.

In one case, it shows a basic misunderstanding of himself. He cannot see about himself what the rest of the world sees. A leader has to know himself as well as he can. He has to know his shortcomings so that he does not let them interfere with his job. Danger has refused to recognize his own shortcomings. He's very likely to let them get the better of him again and again, until he seeks treatment for his problem. Or, if you subscribe to the theory that it's not a clinical "problem", then he should have just stopped cold-turkey and never done it again. Which didn't happen.

In another case, it opens him up for corruption. If he wins, and still does this, how likely is it that some woman with ulterior motives seduces him and blackmails him. He promised this girl a condo in Chicago, according to reports. Who would pay for that? Sure, he could use his own money. But, what if he used public money? What if he used campaign money? If he refuses to see that he has a problem, then I can't imagine that he has the sound judging faculties to draw a line there.

[Indy]

I don't get the wife. The first time around I felt bad for her, plus: she's not a bad-looking woman at all--why do you need to step out on that?

Now, though: not so much. If she were to dump his ass every woman in this country would idolize her. Yet she's going to stand by her man, and endured the humiliation of having to stand there with him yesterday. Just don't get it.

All the arguments aside on this issue, the man is a prick. He was known as one in D.C., both by fellow congresspeople and by his staff.

So I won't be sad if his career burns.

[Winchester]

My guess the wife is ambitious, he still has a chance at Mayor. If and when he loses... then she'll dump his ass.

[Indy]

Don't you think it would bump her status up even more by dumping him now? I mean, even if he does win, she's first lady of... a city. Not like she'd be the next Hillary.

[Winchester]

[Aaron]