Gary Condit Interview: To tell the [rehearsed] truth

[fscott]

Mav. No.

The point is what did you people expect Condit to admit to?

Did you all think he was going to get on national television and admit to killing Levy? Of course no one was expecting to hear that... they all were expecting to hear intimate details about their sex life!

How many times and how many ways he and Levy did the wild thing.  That's what everyone wanted, and now everyone is pissed and dissapointed.

There's nothing else to it. He answered the only relevant questions that we needed to hear.  Did you kill levy?  No. Do you know what happened to her?  No.

Put it this way, since 80% of you people have committed some form of adultry, whether it be against your wife or your current lover(s), would you all be so willing to step onto the pedestal of justice and announce to the local police, "hey I had sexual relations with that chic just last night... sorry to hear she's missing..."

Hell no...

80% of you would high tail it on a long vacation in the Alps, even if you had nothing to do with person missing. Why? Cause no one wants to be a "suspect".  

80% would keep your mouth SHUT until the police were tipped off about your relations. Then of course you would just willingly spill all the intimate details about your relations.

Sure...

And now you expect the same of Condit? Gimme a break.

[ 08-24-2001: Message edited by: fscott ]

[Fatty]

Yes.  I would expect that much more than 80% of us would be extremely anxious to help locate a woman we were sleeping with who was missing, rather than making a useless attempt at saving our psuedo political career.

But then again maybe you're right, she was just an intern after all, right  

[Sandman]

It's laughable the way the media frenzies over this.

This "interview" reflects poorly on both the media and Condit. I can't understand why he agreed to an interview only to continue his same story. Chung knew which questions were off limits before they even started and Condit kept to his script. This is just a reason to sell advertising. There was no new info. Condit has allowed himself to be a pawn in the media machine.

If it's true that Condit is a bit of a shark and he's had multiple affairs, and I believe it is true (but still irrelevant), Condit would be a complete idiot to single out one and kill her.

This man had nothing to do with her disappearance. He's a victim of circumstance.

Let's face it. Politicians are just people. They have all the faults that we do. So he's failed at monogamy. Big deal. Happens every day and millions of adulterers don't find themselves on television because of it.

I predict that we will never know what happened to Levy. We'll know what happened to Condit. He'll be back home in California making six-figures for some corporation. There will be interns there also and some bimbo will sleep with him again only to sell her story to the press for her 15 minutes of fame while they rehash the Levy story again. Then if we're really lucky, Condit will also get a ticket for drunk driving and we'll get to hear about Levy again. Or, he'll get a divorce and we'll hear about Levy again. Or, he'll get remarried and we'll hear about Levy again.

[Nash]

It's right out of the pages of some Greek tragedy or, hell... Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities. Condit the poor stupid sonuhvasqueak... his vice got him in way over his head.

Hell of a story though - can't blame the media exactly. I mean.... we eat this toejam up. We LOVE it! It is a media zoo and a dogpile of epic proportions. Good fun. Ohhh but poor Chandra is missing! What will we do?! Spare me. Like you really give a toss. Tack up any missing persons posters lately? Donated to the 'cause'? Cheeyah right. Anyways, I was half expecting Connie to lose it, stand up in frustration and scream to Condit "JUST TELL THE PEOPLE!! YOU HUMPED HER DAMNIT! THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!!"

Now *that* woulda been some fine TV. I totally wish it happened that way. Why not? The whole thing has got this creepy voyeuristic element to it. I say run with it for all it's worth!

I honestly believe that if you view this whole sorry episode any other way you are completely deluding yourself.  

[capt. apathy]

i have to agree with fatty.
while i don't cheat on my wife of 17 yrs.
i cant imagine hiding an embarassing personal secret to be a higher priority than helping find a missing girl.

and for the record, yes i am a democrat and yes i still think clinton was a sleaze for cheating on his wife & lying.

[mrfish]

Originally posted by Nash:
Hell of a story though - can't blame the media exactly. I mean.... we eat this toejam up. We LOVE it! It is a media zoo and a dogpile of epic proportions. Good fun. Ohhh but poor Chandra is missing! What will we do?! Spare me. Like you really give a toss.

lol- no kidding...."a girl is missing, that's the important thing" spoken with shakey jaw and big determined eyes is the big phrase lately. it's especially hitting when accompanied by a sound strike from the orchestra and those big kettle drums. every dopey soccer mom they stick a mic at in front of safeway says the same thing..."that poor helpless seduced little innocent girl..."

brings to mind an image of a 3 yr old in pig tails with a lollypop, not a woman in her mid 20's whose doctor daddy no doubt got her an internship in washington through one of his golf buddies where she was sleeping with a man she knew was married and supposedly commited to public service! levy is 2 years younger than my wife for cryin out loud, she is not a helpless little girl.

the public loves this stuff because we're sick of politicians being scumbags and we want the guy crucified more than any concern over chandra. they aren't "just people like you and me" they are public figures chosen because they claim to represent the best of us and as such they know their lives are subject to scrutiny. they are supposed to be above all that and they are supposed to have their mission in mind and be able to control simple desires.

otherwise, why would political campaigns spend so much time trying to convince us of the candidates righteousness.

might as well have campaigns like this then if you want your politician to just be some schmoe off the street:

 " hi i'm louie scaglia, tile salesman, and i got my house foreclosed a few years ago as part of a judgment to pay back taxes i tried to skip. i left my old wife for a new one and i cheat on her and my taxes. i never really liked kids much and i say if you can get a dollar the 'easy way' then go for it. ya gotta do what ya gotta do aye? i really like a good six pack and a hot broad. i hear washington is a good gig or whatevah so send me ok? sincerely, aye 'tanks! louie..."

[Creamo]

It does, however, make him a coward and a selfish bellybutton of the utmost degree...

Wow, isn't that the kiss of death.

Little does he know, he's the first person I've ever heard Fatty call an amazinhunk. That's down right character condeming, heh.

[capt. apathy]

might as well have campaigns like this then if you want your politician to just be some schmoe off the street:

" hi i'm louie scaglia, tile salesman, and i got my house foreclosed a few years ago as part of a judgment to pay back taxes i tried to skip. i left my old wife for a new one and i cheat on her and my taxes. i never really liked kids much and i say if you can get a dollar the 'easy way' then go for it. ya gotta do what ya gotta do aye? i really like a good six pack and a hot broad. i hear washington is a good gig or whatevah so send me ok? sincerely, aye 'tanks! louie..."

 

The honesty would be a refreshing novelty.  I would love to see a politician just come out and say exactly whets on his mind with out checking with advisors or taking a poll first, I’m not sure I would even care what he was saying as long as it was honest. (Check out the movie 'bullworth', it's based on this idea)

It kinda reminds me of this panhandler I saw last week (we got loads of them here in Portland) his sign said "I'm not a liar, just saving up for a beer and a hooker", I gave him a buck.

[mrfish]

Originally posted by capt. apathy:


It kinda reminds me of this panhandler I saw last week (we got loads of them here in Portland) his sign said "I'm not a liar, just saving up for a beer and a hooker", I gave him a buck.

heh - i guess this is off the topic - but we have many in san francisco too. at least 6 regulars on my block alone as well as whatever blows through.

one of them has a sign with that on one side "i won't lie, i just need a beer" and on the other side it has the other go-to slogan "even a smile helps" he used to use "i just need 26 cents for some soup" but people got used to it.

a guy in the financial district used to use "i only need $14 dollars for aids medicine" then when he didn't die for 11 years people started confronting him and he changed it to a simple "anything helps".

you got taken by advertising man, that street pitch is ancient and aimed at the guys who would normally not go for it - every day drinkin' types. it was an advertising milestone for the bum movement when that slogan became popular -

 they use whatever works on whoever is walking down the street. my favorite is a bum on market street that has a little teddy bear holding a sign that says : "just another day in paradise" he can hold the same pathetic look for like 12 hours too - he is a master. he really coat-tailed on the p. collins song and it's been raking in the dough for him for 7 years that i know of.  

just an aside - sorry- back to condit bashing  

[capt. apathy]

ya, fish i know it was a scam.  i guess my point was i was just glad to see something different than the same old same old.  some of them guys are real pro's though a local tv station up here hired an actor to stand at a freeway off-ramp in rags and a cardboard sign in the 4 hours he was there he averaged 23.50 per hour tax free. and a couple years ago i saw a guy who i had just seen an hour b4 with his sign get into a fairly nice buick (less than 5 years old)and drive off.
so when i want to help out i usually give it to the church or a soup kitchen or the like.

[Cabby44]

Nash, yer outta yer mind.  Let me use a term that used to be popular with the Liberal/Newage crowd:  Don't project YOUR thoughts/feelings onto the  rest of us.  In other words, speak for your self.....

[Nash]

Lol - cabby, yer a funny guy, you know that?

I mean that in the best possible way. You always bring a smile to my face. "Liberal/NewAge"... You *slay* me dude! That is some good stuff.

I dunno why but I got this total mental image of Archie Bunker when I think of you. That guy was hysterical too. I love it - don't go changing.

Btw, I left open the fact that there could be other interpretations of this saga, I merely said that any other interpretation was delusional.

 

[ 08-25-2001: Message edited by: Nash ]

[Toad]

To me the issue is that a relatively high ranking member of the national government lied to the local police in a missing persons case. Repeatedly.

End of story. End of need for such a person in government, national, local or dogcatcher.

I like to foolishly believe that a man worthy of such a national office would immediately and truthfully answer the questions of the authorities investigating the case.

But that's just idealistic old me.

[Nash]

Toad! You're P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-N-G.... er, I think.

Ah crap... I just don't have the comedic timing.

Nevermind.

[Cabby44]

Nash:

There you go again......