SFist: Breaking News: Mayor Newsom Snubs Olympic Torch Naysayers

sagitta100

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:14:45 -0800

Maybe Newsom can carry the torch in his new Tesla. http://valleywag.com/369458/gavin-newsom-soon-to-be-driving-tesla-roadster If we're lucky, while trying to avoid a pothole, he'll run over Rose Pak.

megang

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:43:08 -0800

Reason 342 why I voted for that naked yoga guy and not Newsom.

pantsgolem

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:17:52 -0800

Plus, the people advocating for Tibet totally support the occupation of Iraq. Hell, Bush probably even asked them for permission beforehand. "So, you guys are like the experts on protesting forcible occupations of a foreign country and the brutalization of its citizenry. Here's what I have planned for Iraq, does it sound like something you would hate?" "Nah, it's cool."

OrangeDrink

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:00:02 -0800

hmm... coming on 5 year anniversary of an illegal war that targets innocents on accident vs. 500 years of brutal repression of a specific minority that is doing nothing but peaceful protest. You're right, Chris. Absolute apples to apples.

Chris Weekly

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:24:43 -0800

Until we take care of our own mess in Iraq, it is completely hypocritical to protest China's forcible occupation of a foreign country and the brutalization of its citizenry.

RobInSF

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:59:35 -0800

Gavin "runs the city"??? That is news to me.

jnice

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:42:50 -0800

Darfur!

OrangeDrink

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:13:14 -0800

Not to be on topic here, but did anyone else notice that the NY Times had seven (7!) articles about Tibet today? I don't think I've ever seen them dedicate so much ink to one subject in a good 5 years.

T.E. Lawrence

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:26:35 -0800

Newsom doesn't have the ballz to stand up to Rose Pak and her political machine. Too bad the Feds don't make her register as a foreign agent,because she does a lot of lobbying for the PRC. He's looking forward to running for governor in 2010 and doesn't want to piss off one of CA's major trading partners.