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Weiner's Back
In a NY Times Magazine article that tries to focus on his post-scandal life:
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From the long list of storied Breitbart moments, the Weiner takedown is my favorite. The liberal rag NYT whitewashes this of course, making it seem like finally admitting the truth was a result of Weiner feeling guilty, rather than being nailed to the floor by Breitbart.
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Still confused what the big deal was. Clearly 90+% of politicians should be fired for similar or more likely worse infidelity I guess.
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I think the Democrats should treat him the same way that Republicans are treating Mark Sanford and David Vitter.
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If they get Vitter back, we should get Weiner AND Spitzer! As far as I know, neither one of them wore a diaper for sexual gratification (or was a full-on blowhard about family values).
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I love this country. You can lie, cheat, steal, embezzle, and murder and still get elected to the House or Senate, but if you have a sexy conversation there are grave doubts about your fitness.
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I suspect they're both basing their timing on their perception of the memory and attention span of the American public. And by those standards, I think they're both in the clear. After all, it's probably been months since anyone posted a single snarky tweet about either of them! |
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Perhaps you forgot that Spitzer prosecuted a couple of prostitution rings?
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What was it that Weiner did that was so deplorable, again?
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Weiner sent pictures of his err weiner, unsolicited to at least one woman. Isn't that sexual harassment?
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<shrug> Bad enough that I think he deserved to lose his job, yeah. Worse than the guy who lost his job for being overheard saying "big dongles huh huh" at Pycon, yeah. Bad enough to be ineligible to run for public office ever again, no. I for one don't think our elected officials should be sending pictures of their junk to random women on the internet. I wouldn't vote for him or Mark Sanford either for that matter, but if someone else does I guess that's their right.
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I wonder how extreme Fox News would get if Weiner got back into the political arena and received a standing ovation when walking in.
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When people ask this question, I ask, "Is this the best guy you could find?" This is the kind of juvenile fool who typically never rises above dairy aisle manager at the Piggle Wiggly.
A guy who has poor impulse control making decisions which affect every American. That's the best guy you could find in your whole district? What does that say about your district? "Yeah, we have this ass clown who can't behave like a grownup. We couldn't find anyone else." Yeahhhh... |
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It is not like he accidentally shot her in the face.
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FTFY.
I don't care a bit it this guy wants to run for office again. Weiner's actions demonstrated that he has no problem violating his wife's trust. What sort of moron would think that he wouldn't violate his constituents trust too ? Amazing that some of the critical thinkers here still rely on the Breitbart ad hom fallacy. Why should it matter if Adolph Hitler broke the story ? Has no impact on Weiner's qualification. |
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He gets knocked down, he gets up again. You ain't ever gonna keep him down.
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He may be roasted by the media again.
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Don't forget that he also accused other people of committing crimes in order to cover up his own lies. Or that the lies were not merely to reporters, but to his own wife as well. As mentioned above, if a man will violate the trust his wife places in him like this, whose trust won't he violate?
As for the Democrats throwing him under the bus, he very much deserved that. He got them to go out on a limb for him, and then he cut that limb off. He betrayed them. That deserves to have consequences. If he had been honest from the start (or even if he merely refused to answer questions), then things might be different. But when you get people to back you up and then your lies are exposed, then those people are made to look like fools for lending support to that lie. |
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He sent an unsolicited penile profile to a constituent. Stupid, yes. The only things violated were his wife's and the constituent's trust. Compared to what Sanford and Vitter has done, it's not deplorable.
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