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Sam's private life should be just that - private. It's not our duty to pick and choose who Sam has sex with and while some people are more fond of judging others than I am, let's judge Sam on the merits/accomplishments he's done as a politician and leader - not what he's accomplished in bed.

It's valid for the local media to want to explode this story into something more than it is - consentual sex between two adults - because they fatten their profits with stories like these. However, Portlanders should know better and choose to ignore the media when they pry into people's private lives.

Lastly, if we only elected angels or saints as our political leaders, we'd never have anyone governing - perfect people don't exist and Sam has displayed one of many imperfections that make him and us imperfect beings. Let's give him more than two weeks to do his job before judging his abilities.

I'm with Sam 100%.

posted 4 years, 3 months ago
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