Our politics have once again disgraced us by their behavior this week. We were just getting used to the scandal that John Edwards stirred up, and we are now watching his trial come together. Then we see Anthony Weiner, an appropriate name for this situation, comes out with a confession of his own.
Weiner, a very popular political figure on Twitter, probably had too much fun with the social network. If you do not know, he sent a photo to a 21 year old college student now known as the "crotch shot seen around the world". The photo was leaked to the web, and for days the speculation of if it was him was circulating. But in interviews, he denied it. But on June 6th, he admitted not only about the photo to the student, but also to inappropriate online relationships with other women.
So how many unfaithful politicians does this make? Too many to count, that is for sure. But it is for certain that this scandal will be up with the ranks of Clinton's scandal and others. It was so funny, because I was up helping my dad with a customer, and they were saying that this situation was an "exposed weiner." I laughed, because it is true.
And then the scandals keep on popping up. Reports have come in from Liz Nelson from Zap 2 It, saying that porn star Ginger Lee has now been added to the story. Sexually explicit emails were sent between the two, but when word broke out about the photo scandal, Weiner advised Lee to keep quiete. This comes from the article and was sent by Weiner:
"The key is to have a short, thought out statement that tackles the top line questions and then refer people back to it. Have a couple of iterations of: 'This is silly. Like so many others, I follow Rep. Weiner on Twitter. I don't know him and have never met him. He briefly followed me and sent me a dm saying thank you for the follow. That's it.'"
And then later he returns with this email: "Do you need to talk to a professional PR type person to give u advice? I can have someone on my team call." And then he goes and prepares her a statement: ""I have nothing to do with the situation involving Rep Weiner. I follow his twitter feed. And for a brief time he followed me. Much has been made of the fact that I have posted about my admiration for Rep Weiner and his politics. All I can say about that is that I'm a fan of his. Rep. Weiner sent me one short direct message thanking me for following him. I have never met Rep. Weiner and he has never sent me anything innappopriate..."
And to top it off, today it was confirmed that is wife, Huma, former aide to Hillary Clinton, is pregnant. Reports say that the birth is in the early stages, which adds more drama to this issue. Since things have come out in the open, she has remained silent, and word is that they will not seperate.
So what do you think? Many have called for his resignation. Do you agree? I certainly do. Our country is supposed to symbolize honor and honesty. How can we keep that up with people like Weiner running the show? If you ask me, they should recommend me to come over to the capital so I can whip the guys into shape. Who all wants to come with me?
Post your comments, I wanna know what you have to say about this!
-Tyler
I think Weiner owes it to the country and his marriage to immediately step down from his post. He has intentions of running for Mayor in NYC, the time away from office could be wisely spent reflecting on his behavior, correcting it and dedicating himself to his wife (and presumed child) as he vowed one year ago to do. It may be better late than never, but I hope Nancy Pelosi actually "drains the swamp" as she promised years ago, and never did.
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ReplyDeletePeople calling for him to resign mostly disagree with his politics ~ but his politics represents his district instead of out of state corporations.
ReplyDeleteIf he did something illegal, he should resign. If he flirted online and got caught, then it silly for people outside his family and his constituents to call for him to resign. Shoot, we have a Senator from Louisiana who phoned to hire hookers from the floor of the Senate ~ and he was re-elected. If Senator Vitter stayed, then it should be up to the voters in Rep Weiner's district whether he stays or goes.
Edwards is different. Edwards used his family life to campaign on, and then later his wife's tragic illness. Acting like a dirtbag while preaching like a choirboy is hypocrisy. Rep. Weiner campaigned on his political beliefs, not on this phony "I'm a virtuous family man" like Senator Vitter or former Senator Edwards.
I think we need to stop making comparative analysis of poor judgement by our leaders. I don't care what Vitter did in comparison to anyone, same with this idiot, or any of them. Each one should be held accountable for their behavior and my take is this, if the man (men) any of them don't honor their wedding vow, largely understood to be the most revered (aside from a vow to ones g-d) how or why should we expect them to honor their congressional oath? I'm not judging Weiner for his politics, I'm critiquing his utter disregard for an oath.
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