From a CNN article about this:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/01/san.francisco.mayor.ap/index.html

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Resident cites mousse as clue to character
A handful of San Francisco residents interviewed Thursday said the mayor's dalliance had little bearing on their opinion of him as mayor.

Tom Abbott, 36, an executive recruiter, said that having an affair with a loyal aide's wife was "a total slimeball move."

"Any guy who puts that much mousse in his hair can't be trusted," Abbott said. "You don't screw over your own boys."

My rule has always been that if a good friend (see PD's Rule #6) wants to have sex with my gal, then he should ask. And if it's okay with her, it's okay with me. Just don't do it behind my back.

I'm not sure about the rank order. Virtual affairs are one thing, because they are just one step down the slippery slope from ol' fashioned lustful thoughts. But the others in the list? I really doubt my wife would give me a break: "Oh, you had an affair with a stripper? Well, that really doesn't count, honey, now does it? Now, what would you like for dinner?"

I've met the mayor of SFO before. This creeps me out on some level that I cannot pinpoint.

And the campaign manager's wife is an innocent bystander? Why is no one condemning her for screwing the boss?

He can do what ever he wants... I heart that big stud.

That guy from Spokane who did it with teen dudes and got outed.

What about underage people? Isn't that worse than same sex?

Sorry. That was me.

Our mayor was arrested for waving his weenie at a couple of nuns (seriously!) and it sure ended his career. The only problem is we are a small town and he had no where to go but down anyway. As my old daddy once told me, "Son, a stiff prick has no conscience!" Truer words were never spoken! Peace!

The longtime mayor of Providence, RI (where I lived from '97-02), Buddy Cianci, invited his ex-wife's lover to his house to discuss business, whereupon he beat the crap out of the guy with a fireplace log, put out a cigarette on the guy's face, and (possibly) urinated on the man. The Providence police stood guard during this affair. Cianci had to resign, but was reelected several years later and was mayor for another 12 years, until he had to resign again when he was indicted on something like 17 or 27 federal racketeering and extortion counts (he's now in federal prison).