Debaters create deadlock in Mirkarimi case

The Ethics Commission’s indecision over what exactly it should deliver to the Board of Supervisors in the Ross Mirkarimi case — even after decreeing that the suspended sheriff was guilty of official misconduct — is as typically San Francisco as you can get.

Commissioners had no choice on the misconduct charge. Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to false imprisonment in the domestic violence incident involving his wife. Case closed.

But this being the San Francisco debating society, we want to talk about it some more, maybe even until the end of his term.

In this town, we’re really into process. We love process, in fact, because we believe process is what democracy is all about. Dialogue forever.

What we don’t like are results, because that means that the story is over. So we always come up with something new.

The Ethics Commission is doing exactly that, saying, “Ross, you are guilty of misconduct, but we are still debating whether you should be fired.” The commissioners figure that discussion should take a while longer.

You have to understand that the Ethics Commission had not been seen or heard of until this came along, and they ain’t giving up the stage without a fight.

But at some point they finally will, and the matter will then go to the supervisors for another round of hearings, with everyone going on and on about their positions.

Mirkarimi needs to win over just three of the 11 supervisors to stay in office, but he may have a tough time.

Remember, five incumbents are going before the voters in November, and there’s a good chance that anyone who doesn’t vote to remove Mirkarimi will be taken on by the anti-domestic violence advocacy crowd. That is one group you do not want to mess with.

The sad thing about the whole affair is how Mirkarimi mismanaged his way into this. He should have just fallen on bended knee when the allegations of domestic abuse first surfaced, admitted he had done wrong by bruising his wife’s arm, gone into counseling, and begged forgiveness.

Instead, he portrayed the whole thing as a conspiracy by Mayor Ed Lee to neuter a formidable political adversary.

Give me a break.

Can you believe Vice President Joe Biden getting in front of a black audience and telling them that Mitt Romney wants to put “y’all back in chains”?

Biden says he wasn’t just talking about black people, but it sure sounded Ebonic to me.

A homeless brother came up to me the other night and said, “Hey, Mr. Brown, what’s the story about that guy Paul Palin?” “Who?” “Paul Palin, the guy running for vice president.”

I said: “That guy’s name is Paul Ryan.”

“Bull,” the homeless guy said. “He’s a Palin!”

Movie time: “The Campaign,” an exaggerated story about how manipulative we politicians can be. There’s enough truth in it that it makes you uncomfortable if you’ve ever run for office.

Will Ferrell plays a George Bush look-alike with a healthy dash of Bill Clinton. A Karl Rove-type orchestrates the whole election.

A lot of laughs, but in the end it is a message movie. My only complaint — spoiler alert, I’m about to mention the ending — the two candidates learn to like each other.

Hollywood bull. In real politics, the loser always walks away bitter.

Then there’s “The Bourne Legacy,” two hours and 45 minutes of the single worst spy movie you’ve ever seen. It should be entombed in concrete and buried in a toxic waste dump.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones showed up at North Beach Restaurant the other night.

Jones is a swashbuckling presence, right up there with such legendary team owners as Al Davis and George Steinbrenner. He’s also got what most people consider to be the finest football stadium in the nation, so I asked him what he thought of the 49ers’ pending new digs.

He smiled and said, “I don’t feel threatened.”

I had a drink with Warriors co-owner Peter Guber down in Los Angeles the other day, and during the course of the conversation he casually mentioned Al Davis’ son, Raiders boss Mark Davis.

It didn’t dawn on me for a couple of days, but finally it occurred to me: What would Guber, who in addition to his moves up here has interests in L.A., be doing talking to Mark Davis unless they were discussing a Raiders move down south?

After all, L.A. does have a stadium in the works.