Let me see if I understand what you are saying. It sounds to me like you're saying you love you some weiner. Is that accurate?
The dude is a complete and utter moron. Yeah, I get the whole "heh heh.. he's cool for doing that" point of view, but if you're going to be in a position of national power then 1) you don't send pictures of your junk out on the net for someone to intercept, or accidentally receive.. and 2) You should at least have the mental capacity to be DAMNED SURE they go where they're supposed to go. This wasn't a one time only thing for him either, it was a common thing. There was a time in this country where stepping down was the honorable thing to do when you're in the public eye and caught in an embarrassing situation, regardless of whether you've been forgiven or not. Instead, he stuck his little pin-head in the sand and hoped that if he emphatically denied it and pointed the finger elsewhere, it would go away. Like little 4 year old kids do. This goes for all politicians, Democrats and Republicans alike. They live in their own little worlds. The problem I have with this whole deal, as with any politician, is that before it goes public they will do just about anything to make sure nobody finds out. Weiner was no exception. He lied time and time again, and even blamed the right of a conspiracy to tear him down. Then he just pretended it never happened. He even turned on reporters that asked him anything about it. Anyway, when someone's got dirt on a politician that they don't want made public, it means they are extremely vulnerable to blackmail and manipulation by whoever's got that information, be it citizens, constituents, and even people in other nations that may want favors from them. Don't believe me? See also: John Edwards. People in positions of power shouldn't allow themselves to be open to this. Anyone with any common sense realizes that stepping down is the only sound move here, as his credibility is ruined. And before it's thrown in my face, I think Vitter is an idiot too and he should have stepped down as well. The public's willingness to forgive these @ssholes is what's killing this country. I don't see what's so hard to understand about the premise of leading by example. If you can't set a good example, then you should step the phuck down when you're called out and unquestionably busted. You just look like an idiot otherwise.
I agree in principle with your entire post. However, there was a pretty big difference w/ Vitter, in that it had happened 7 years earlier, and he had already told his wife.
Yes, according to Vitter, but no one has come forward with anything to disprove it. I wonder how many other notable names were in that book that we never found out about?
I understand what you're saying, but that's not any more comforting to me. He was still serving as a member of congress at the time it took place. He still put himself in that same position of vulnerability prior to his admitting to it. Perhaps I'd be a bit less concerned with it had it happened before he became a politician, but he was serving as a representative at the time in question. That just tells me he lied about it for 7+ years before it hit the press. Is that really any better? I don't see it as such. Don't get me wrong, there are issues politically that I like Vitter's stance on, and I was disappointed when the news hit. But what's good for the goose (donkey), is good for the gander (elephant). "The first-term senator admitted to a "serious sin" in 2007 after his phone number was found in the records of the so-called "D.C. Madam," Deborah Jeane Palfrey. The records dated from the time Vitter was serving in the U.S. House from 1999 to 2004."
Looks like Weiny sent some messages to a Porn Star and now something coming out about some high school girl. He's going down.
