An interview with California Sen. Roy Ashburn

Dan82 · Jun 12, 2010

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison-ashburn-20100612,0,4235868.column?

Roy Ashburn was smitten by politics as a kid on the Central Coast. At 12, he was pedaling his bike to Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial campaign headquarters in San Luis Obispo, hanging out and helping out. He would grow up to be a Kern County supervisor for a dozen years, then an Assembly member and a state senator for another 14 years, representing some of the most conservative turf in California and casting some of the most conservative votes in the Legislature. Ashburn will be termed out come December, but his life as a "family values" politician all but ended months ago, in the early morning hours of March 3. He was arrested for DUI after he'd left a gay club, and soon thereafter acknowledged that he was gay. His DUI cost him his driver's license for a time and put him back on a bike, pedaling his life in an altogether new direction....http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-morrison-ashburn-20100612,0,4235868.column?
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Revan · Jun 12, 2010

After reading the whole article, while I wish he hadn't lived the lie, reading it actually made me respect the man.

Phoenix · Jun 12, 2010

I really do feel bad for him. I'm sure he must not have liked to hide himself for his career. But as Gaga says, "Your career will never wake up in the morning and tell you it doesn't love you anymore," so he probably decided having a career would be worth it over being out.

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